Seeks Information about Shipment of Clothing through Col. Stevens
Document 1799Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay. Requests Return of clothing for each garrison north and west to be submitted to the Secretary of War and obtain his order. Promises clothing will be sent in best possible manner. Suggests sending everything to Col. Stevens; seeks Hamilton's opinion.
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Philadelphia 23 July 1794.
Sir,
I am sorry I have again to call on you for payment of the Tent account nothing but a sense of duty would oblige me to press you for the payment of that money— Unless discharged immediately I shall be under the disagreeable necessity of calling on Captain Jones, who stands charged with the Tents— I hope you will make an arrangement to satisfy the demand without a moments delay—
your most Obedient Servant,
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr James Oldden.
Philadelphia, 4t July, 1794.
Sir,
As the Returns of the Troops in the Garrisons to the Westward and Northward are with you, I have thought it best to Request through you a Return of Cloathing proper to be sent to each, that I may submit it to the Secretary of War and obtain his order for its delivery and transportation at this best season of the year. The Cloathing returns will be had here in the best manner, and the packages will be marked for each Post, to prevent any mistake. Should they happen to arrive without their Invoice, perhaps it will be best to send every thing intended for those Posts to Colonel Stevens, the Agent with you for the War Department, with directions to send them by the safest and speediest routes to their respective destinations. Be pleased to give me your opinion on the subject? —
With sentiments of respect and esteem,
I am Sir
your most Obedient Servant—
Samuel Hodgdon
Major General
Alexander Hamilton—
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay. Requests Return of clothing for each garrison north and west to be submitted to the Secretary of War and obtain his order. Promises clothing will be sent in best possible manner. Suggests sending everything to Col. Stevens; seeks Hamilton's opinion.
Date
07/04/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799070428055
Page start
493
Note
Syrett listed these documents in the Appendix to vol. 23.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Ebeneezer Stevens
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Garrisons North and West
War Department
Notable items
Clothing
Order

