Requires Signed Receipt to Pay Money Due
Document 1798It is not proper to remit the small sum requested because no one is authorized to sign the receipt, unless he has a friend there who can sign. In that case, the money will be paid to his order. If no one else volunteers, the assigned member of Congress from his district can sign the receipt and pick up the money. At any rate, Hodgdon will pay the money as soon as he can get a receipt.
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Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
It is not proper to remit the small sum requested because no one is authorized to sign the receipt, unless he has a friend there who can sign. In that case, the money will be paid to his order. If no one else volunteers, the assigned member of Congress from his district can sign the receipt and pick up the money. At any rate, Hodgdon will pay the money as soon as he can get a receipt.
Date
12/31/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798123128055
Page start
332
Notable persons
Phillip Williams
Samuel Hodgdon
Congress
Notable locations
Wilmington, NC
Philadelphia
Notable items
Receipt