Medicine & Hospital Stores Not Yet Arrived at Niagara
Document 1799Rivardi laments that the medicine and hospital stores have yet to arrive at Niagara. He is especially alarmed because he heard from a boatman from Schenectady that the articles had left that place. He has requested the Accountant to make up the note drawn in favor of Dr. Brown.
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[Endorsement, top right, written diagonally: Mayor [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] July 1799 / Philadelphia / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] has not / arrived]
[Address panel, center: Niagara 12 June / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 25 / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Stores / Philadelphia]
[Received from State Dept. Nov. 24 1894. F.O.401810]
Niagara June 12.th — 99
Sir,
I am exceedingly Sorry to inform you that the Medicines & Hospital Stores Anounced to me Some time ago have Not yet arrived to this place a delay the More allarming, as I heard a fortnight ago by [undecipherable] Boatmen from Schenectady that these articles had left that place — . I have drawn by this Mail on the Accountant & requested him to take up the Note of mine drawn in favor of our friend Br. Brown - in the greatest hurry I am
' Sir
Your Humble Obed Servt.
[undecipherable]
Sam. Hodgdon Esqr
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Rivardi laments that the medicine and hospital stores have yet to arrive at Niagara. He is especially alarmed because he heard from a boatman from Schenectady that the articles had left that place. He has requested the Accountant to make up the note drawn in favor of Dr. Brown.
Date
06/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Niagara
Document number
1799061280101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Glen, 07/08/1799.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Niagara