Scarcity of Cash in Circulation, Etc.
Document 1800Major Craig notes the slow down in operations to Samuel Hodgdon. Craig mentions that stores have not been arriving lately and merchants are complaining of scarcity of cash in circulation.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Major Craig notes the slow down in operations to Samuel Hodgdon. Craig mentions that stores have not been arriving lately and merchants are complaining of scarcity of cash in circulation.
Date
06/27/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Document number
1800062780001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Craig, 07/04/1800.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Captain Matthew Earnest
Quarter Master General
quartermaster general
General James Wilkinson
Colonel John Francis Hamtramck
Jean-François Hamtramck
merchants
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
War office
Notable items
foreign news
present administration of government
newspapers
spectacles
waggons
wagons
sugar
coffee
scarcity
circulating cash
country produce
flour
bushels of corn
boat