Settlement of account for 2,001rifle muskets
Document 1799Hodgdon notifies Hand as to the measures he must take to settle his account with regard to the two thousand rifle muskets that he ordered.
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[Letter
Saml Hodgsdon
Esqr.
July 17th 1799]
[In instant of Stores]
Philadelphia 17 July 1799.
Sir,
On the adjustment of the Purveyor's account at the Treasury payments on your order for two thousand and one Rifle Muskets are admitted, which were contracted for and received by you of the contractors as appears by your Receipts, of course they stand charged to you. Be pleased to inform me how they were disposed of, and send me the orders and receipts for their delivery, that I may be enabled to close your account in the Store Books of the Public under my keeping —
I am Sir,
your most obedient Servant,
Samuel Hodgsdon
Intendant of Stores
General Carvan Hand
Lancaster —
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon notifies Hand as to the measures he must take to settle his account with regard to the two thousand rifle muskets that he ordered.
Date
07/17/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1799071728001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Edward Hand
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Accountant's Office

