Request for Issue of Rifles to Complete Indian Annuity
Document 1800Hodgdon requests that Harris deliver five rifles to Israel Whelen which will complete the annuities [presents] granted to the Indians and for which the purveyor will pay the contract price.
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[Endorsement on verso: Intendants Office / Aug 2/10 / Rifles to be delivr[d] / Whelan Esq for his in / annuities [initials]]
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 2d. Augt 1800.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Daniel Whelen Esqr Surveyor of public supplies, Five Rifles, to complete certain annuities allowed to Indians, for which the Purveyor will pay you, agreeably to the contract price
Your most obt. Servant
Samuel [Hodgdon]
&
Intendant of Stores
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon requests that Harris deliver five rifles to Israel Whelen which will complete the annuities [presents] granted to the Indians and for which the purveyor will pay the contract price.
Date
08/02/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Intendant of Stores Office, Philadelphia
Document number
1800080228000
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Harris, Public Storekeeper
Israel Whelen, Esq., Surveyor of Public Supplies
Indians
Purveyor
Notable locations
Intendant of Stores Office, Philadelphia
Notable items
five rifles
certain annuities allowed to Indians
contract price