Report on Weather, Transportation; Boat to Natchez is Safe
Document 1799Reports that the boat destined for the Natchez is safe. The river is open although navigation is impeded by ice, which should soon clear. Reports that the Quartermaster General is making estimates.
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Philadelphia, 18 Jany. 1799.
Sir,
your Lines of the 11th instant was received this morning— Am happy to find it is your opinion the Boat Station for the Natchez is safe— your several drafts will be duly honored— Our River is now open, although the Navigation is impeded by floating Ice; the weather being fine I hope, and expect it will soon be clear, and gone of course, for the frost is not quite so severe with you as with us— O'Hara, is here— The Quarter Master General is busy making out his Estimates, and attending to the settlement of his accounts
I am Sir,
your most obedient Servt
Samuel Hodgdon
Majr Isaac Craig—
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Reports that the boat destined for the Natchez is safe. The river is open although navigation is impeded by ice, which should soon clear. Reports that the Quartermaster General is making estimates.
Date
01/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799011828155
Page start
345
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Natchez
O'Hara
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Boat