Provision Made for Shipping Articles to Me
Document 1799Enclosed is an open letter to Mr. Harris. If Harris is not in Philadelphia, Hodgdon should arrange for the listed articles to be shipped to Eaton. Otherwise, the letter should be sealed and forwarded to the proper address.
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[Docket, top right of wrapper: William Eaton / April 1799 / the [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
[Address panel: Samuel Hodgdon esqr / Superintendent of U.S. [undecipherable: Stores?] / Philadelphia, North America / Brig Sophia]
Tunis 13th April 1799
I take the liberty to inclose to you [undecipherable: address?] on open letter to my friend Mr Harris, for the reason that if he should not be in Philad.a to desire you will have the goodness to [undecipherable] the provision to be made for shipping. — [undecipherable: titles?] to me therein mentioned, otherwise to seal it and pay it to its proper address —
I am with great esteem,
Sir,
your most Obt. Servant
William Eaton
S.t Samuel Hodgdon esq.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is an open letter to Mr. Harris. If Harris is not in Philadelphia, Hodgdon should arrange for the listed articles to be shipped to Eaton. Otherwise, the letter should be sealed and forwarded to the proper address.
Date
04/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Tunis
Document number
1799041380101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Eaton
Notable locations
Philadelphia, North America
Tunis
Notable items
Brig Sophia