Resignation of the Secretary of the Treasury, Etc.

1 / 4

100%

⇣

Archival document image, page 1. See transcription below.

Archival document image, page 2. See transcription below.

Archival document image, page 3. See transcription below.

Archival document image, page 4. See transcription below.

No human transcription currently available for this document.

This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.

[Maj. Gen. Craig 5 September 1800 Rec^d 11 — 20] [208/2] [postal seal] Samuel Hodgdon Esquire Philadelphia

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Major Craig laments the destruction of the War Office by fire and the resignation of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Date

12/05/1800

Author

Isaac Craig

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

Pittsburgh

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)

Document number

1800120580001

Page start

Note

Cited in Hodgdon to Craig, 12/12/1800.

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

Isaac Craig

Secretary of the Treasury

Oliver Wolcott Jr.

Quartermaster General

Captain Russell Bissell

Colonel Strong

Reid

Reed

artillery

Colonel Stevens

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Notable items

guns

records of the War Office

resignation

bill

pay