Simmons Requesting Hodgdon Examine the Records of Hugh Howard to Determine if 20 Barrels of Pork were sent by the Commissary
Document 1801Simmons requesting Hodgdon examine the records of Hugh Howard to determine if 20 barrels of pork were sent by the Commissary at Detroit to the Schooner Nancy to Michilimackinac.
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Sam'l Hodgden Esq.
Philad.
Steubenville Ohio
Feb'y 6th 1801
Sir
I wish to ascertain whether [undecipherable: an] Invoice of Pork was sent by the [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] in the Month of April or may 1799 for the delivery of any Capt [undecipherable] there for Merchandize — you will therefore be pleased to examine the accounts of Hugh [undecipherable: Heaton] who is stated to have been the appointed [undecipherable] there or any other person who was in the Commissary Department as that time to inform me of the result as soon as [undecipherable]. The [undecipherable] in question is [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] my letter to you of the 10th and your reply (which I recieve in course) of the 11 Dec last —
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Mess' Freeman & [undecipherable: Painer] February [undecipherable]th 1801
Charleston S:C:
Gentlemen
You will recieve from the [undecipherable] of the Revenue at Charleston (Mr [undecipherable] Esq.) the sum of thirty three dollars & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] being the amount of your account for printing general orders to divers Officers & [undecipherable] respecting the obtaining of warrants for bounty lands; for which sum you will [undecipherable] to grant your duplicate receipt —
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons requesting Hodgdon examine the records of Hugh Howard to determine if 20 barrels of pork were sent by the Commissary at Detroit to the Schooner Nancy to Michilimackinac.
Date
02/06/1801
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1801020621855
Page start
379
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
commissary department
Hugh Howard
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office
Detroit
Michilimackinac
commissary
Notable items
barrels
pork
accounts

