Receipt for shipment of clothing, arms, and military stores
Document 1799Receipt for shipment of clothing, arms, and military stores shipped for Fort McHenry on board the Schooner Sally; came safe to hand and articles correspond with invoice, but quantity falls short of what is needed. Includes account between the US and Albert Coffin, master of the schooner.
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[att [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] 1799 / Clothing [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] present]
M.
Coll. Sam.e. Hodgdon
Mil. Stores
[undecipherable]
Fort McHenry March 7th 1799
Sir
The clothing arms and military Stores shipp'd for this post on board the Schooner Sally came safe to hand, and the articles correspond with the invoice, but the quantity falls very far short of what I standin need of
I am
Sir
your Obed. Servt
Staats Morris
Capt. Comm.g
Col. Hodgdon
[[undecipherable] / the United States to / [undecipherable] : Dr. / April 9th 1799]
The United States,
To Albert Coffin : Dr.
1799.
April 9. For freight of Two Hogsheads of Cloathing and
Two Chests of Arms, per the Schooner Sally, from
Philadelphia to Baltimore, for the united States
Corps of Artillery under the command of Captain
Staats Morris— Agreement as per Bill of Lad-
-ing, dated 4 February 1799. . . Dolls 11. 40/100
Philadelphia, 9th April, 1799, Received of Sam.
Hodgdon, Eleven Dollars and forty [undecipherable], in full of
the above account; for which I have signed two
receipts of same tenor and date. —
Dollars 11 40/100 Albert Coffin
[illustration of a ship]
SHIPPED in good order and well conditioned, by Samuel [undecipherable]
in and upon the good Schooner called the Sally whereof
Albert Coffin is Master for this present voyage, and now riding
at anchor in the [undecipherable] Delaware — and bound for Baltimore —
[undecipherable]
Two Hogsheads, and Two Arm Chests, the property of the
United States of America
being marked and numbered as in the margin; to be delivered in the like good order,
and well conditioned, at the aforesaid port of Baltimore — (the danger of
the seas only excepted) unto Capt. Staats Morris — or to [undecipherable]
assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods nothing the freight to be paid
by the [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] dollars [undecipherable] — In witness whereof the Master or Purser of
the said Schooner — hath affirmed to two — Bills of Lading, all of this
tenor and date; one of which being accomplished, the other [undecipherable] to stand void.
Dated [Philadelphia] the fourth — day of February 1799
Albert Coffin
[Wd
Hhd N° 1 & 2
C Staats Morris
Baltimore
• Wd
Arm Chests N° 3 & 4
Baltimore
[undecipherable]]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Receipt for shipment of clothing, arms, and military stores shipped for Fort McHenry on board the Schooner Sally; came safe to hand and articles correspond with invoice, but quantity falls short of what is needed. Includes account between the US and Albert Coffin, master of the schooner.
Date
03/07/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort McHenry
Document number
1799030780001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Staats Morris
Albert Coffin
United States Corps of Artillery
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Delaware River
Notable items
clothing
arms
military stores
schooner Sally
invoice
quantity
freight
chests of arms
bill of lading
receipt

