Supplies Requested by Governor Sargent
Document 1800Sargent requests a cask of madeira and a cask of sherry which should be selected by Henry Scheaff who is a accomplished judge of wines. He also wants a case of twelve bottles, half filled with olives and half filled with capers. A case arrived that should have contained these articles but instead was filled with cucumbers, already common in the Mississippi Territory so the freight was not justified. He also wants almonds, raisins, tea, loaf sugar, and currants.
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[Col. Samuel Hodgdon
[undecipherable]
Nichelson
Philadelphia]
[Governor Sargent
[undecipherable] 3 Aug [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
by [undecipherable] is wrong]
[No 51.38]
Col Hodgdon is requested to send to his Friend the
— [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a Cask of Madeira and one
Cask of Sherry — the former is [undecipherable] and
more than two Dollars per Gallon — or half
[undecipherable] — he would prefer they should be
as good as Henry [undecipherable: probable reading Shboff] and he likes his
Judgment in Wines — the Sherry to be [dry?] which
most resembles Madeira —
A Case to contain twelve Bottles, half
of Olives, the other half Capers — A Case
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] and intended to have been
of such Description was composed prin-
cipally of Cucumbers, too common
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Country to be with their [undecipherable]
50lb of best Almonds —
a Box [undecipherable] bloom Raisins —
12lb [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Tea
12 [undecipherable] Hyson
1[undecipherable]lb good Loaf Sugar
12lb Currants V —
Cotton Bagging agreeable to Col Hodgdon's
Judgment [underline: titled he was to have] in 44
or 46 Inches wide 1000 yards —
Cloathing agreeable to an [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Directions
for Mr Huedle — Lest [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] address
to Col Hodgdon + Huckle write Himself
W Sargent
[This letter [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] have been [undecipherable]
forward [to?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] this]
Type
Autograph Letter fragment signed
Description
Sargent requests a cask of madeira and a cask of sherry which should be selected by Henry Scheaff who is a accomplished judge of wines. He also wants a case of twelve bottles, half filled with olives and half filled with capers. A case arrived that should have contained these articles but instead was filled with cucumbers, already common in the Mississippi Territory so the freight was not justified. He also wants almonds, raisins, tea, loaf sugar, and currants.
Date
05/06/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800050680101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Winthrop Sargent
McIntosh
Henry Sheaff
Huckle
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
madeira
sherry
wine
olives
barrels
capers
cucumbers
almonds
raisins
tea
loaf sugar
currants
clohtes


