Mistaken Boxes
Document 1800Feared Capt. Turner's box was sent to the wrong location as it never arrived at the store in Pittsburgh. Proposed a mix up with Capt. Butler's box, sent via Abraham Hare's wagon, and Capt. Turner's box.
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Philadelphia [undecipherable] 1800
I am fearful a mistake in the direction of Captain Turner's Box has taken it to a wrong place— On enquiry at the Store, I find no Box recorded as having been sent to Captain Turner on the 7 of April last— but a Box marked Captn [undecipherable] on that day was sent to your address— As went in Abraham Hare's Way gone— I wish you to examine how that Box has been disposed of— I hope it will still be found with you, if so Captain Turner had better be consulted on the propriety of opening it to a just [undecipherable] whether or not it belongs to him—
I am for you, from the [undecipherable]
Major Isaac Craig Samuel Hodgdon
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Feared Capt. Turner's box was sent to the wrong location as it never arrived at the store in Pittsburgh. Proposed a mix up with Capt. Butler's box, sent via Abraham Hare's wagon, and Capt. Turner's box.
Date
11/04/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1800110436001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 11/14/1800.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Turner
Butler
Abraham Hare
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
store
Notable items
box
waggon
wagon

