A Deficiency of Shoes, Shirts, and Overalls
Document 1800Stevens notes the deficiency in the quantity of shoes, shirts, and overalls in the clothing he forwarded to Niagara. He claims that the packages were never opened while in his possession. The mistake must have been made at the time they were packed or the articles were stolen after they were opened to dry after they were dropped in the lake.
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[Docket: Colonel [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] April 1800 / Recd 21[undecipherable] / Enclosures of the / [undecipherable] to / [undecipherable] General]
[Address: [undecipherable: Samuel Hodgdon?] gen[?] / Philadelphia]
[Postal mark: 58½]
ing some Cloathing I forwarded to [undecipherable]
the beginning of last fall— There appears
to be a deficiency of a certain quantity of
Shoes, Shirts over[undecipherable] &c.— these Packages
were never opened [undecipherable] while in my possession
and whether the mistake was [undecipherable] at the
time they were pack'd, or stolen after they
were open'd to day (in consequence of their
being [undecipherable: sunk?] in the lake) I am unable to
say— This business can be arranged with
you, as may be deem'd proper—
I am Sir
with Respect
Your H[um]bl[e] S[ervan]t
New York 19 Apr. 1800. [undecipherable: Jos. Chew Stevens?]
[undecipherable]
Type
Letter fragment
Description
Stevens notes the deficiency in the quantity of shoes, shirts, and overalls in the clothing he forwarded to Niagara. He claims that the packages were never opened while in his possession. The mistake must have been made at the time they were packed or the articles were stolen after they were opened to dry after they were dropped in the lake.
Date
04/19/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1800041980001
Page start
1
Note
The first page of the letter is missing.
John F. Gordon signs for Ebenezer Stevens.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John F. Gordon signs for Ebenezer Stevens
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New York