Difficulty of Procuring Silver for Large Notes, Etc.
Document 1800$1000 in post notes on account of the Armory has been received which closes the amount of the estimate of expenditures for February. The mode of remitting a proportion of large and small bills is accomodating to Williams because of the difficulty of procuring silver for notes larger than one hundred dollars. The cutlasses are suitable for ships of war but they are destitute of scabbards.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
$1000 in post notes on account of the Armory has been received which closes the amount of the estimate of expenditures for February. The mode of remitting a proportion of large and small bills is accomodating to Williams because of the difficulty of procuring silver for notes larger than one hundred dollars. The cutlasses are suitable for ships of war but they are destitute of scabbards.
Date
03/31/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Repository
Document number
1800033180001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Joseph Williams
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield