Samuel Hodgdon
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Report from Fort Washington near Cincinnati
Reports that Commander in Chief of Army has arrived, encamped below the town, waiting further orders. Very busy forwarding forage to the outposts. Makes mention of Doctor Brown in Kentucky. Asks for a …
Northwest Territory Collection, M367Report from Fort Washington
Harris reports that Indians remain peaceable. Mentions Mr. Colesworthy. Harris says he is very busy and does not have time to write him. Letter from Mr Bissell to this family enclosed. Mentions …
Northwest Territory Collection, M367Repacking the clothing; progress of shipments
Repacking is a dreadful piece of business and based on what has already been opened, it is altogether unnecessary. Neither the China nor the sugar have come to hand but it appears that Carson, the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Regarding the cost of shipbuilding materials
Requests the cost of shipbuilding materials, including equipment and labor.
Miscellaneous Records of the Office of Indian Trade Relating to Accounts, 1796-1825. (RG75)Regarding Indians
O'Hara encloses an invoice, mentions Indian goods and the mercantile business. Encloses a draft on Captain Pryor for $100.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of War [1A-F2] (RG46)Refers to Stores, Supplies, and Indian Goods
Refers to correspondence. Reports receiving the first of the stores. Hopes to have Indian goods at Pittsburgh as soon as possible.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Refers to Rations and Accounts
Refers to rations and accounts of the Comptroller. Outlines expectations. Requests invoice for goods.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Reference to Invoices from Property in Philadelphia
Letter from O'Hara to Hodgdon. Refers to merchants in Philadelphia and Secretary of Treasury.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Recruiting Rendezvous at Albany
A recruiting rendezvous is to be established at Albany in New York. Hodgdon is directed to have packed up forty suits of infantry clothing, including two sergeant's and two musician's suits and mark …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Receipts and Bank Notes for troops of United States under Major Gaither
Receipts and Bank Notes for troops of United States under command of Major Henry Gaither.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of War [1A-F2] (RG46)Receipt for Military Stores at West Point
Encloses receipt for 3 boxes of military stores sent by the Amboy Stage Boat from Captain Fleming at West Point, by order of General Knox.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Ration Money Due Boyer
Boyer notes that when he last saw Hodgdon he promised that as soon as the Commissioners for the Indian Treaty were dispatched, he would attend to the settlement of the ration money due Boyer. All he …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Quantity of Lead
The Secretary of the Treasury has been requested to purchase a quantity of lead for public service. The Secretary of War wants Hodgdon to receive in store, from time to time, such quantities of lead …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Public Horses Left in Kentucky
Secretary of War asks to know number of public horses left by Hodgdon in Kentucky after campaign of 1791.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Public Horse injured or lame
Proctor expresses dissatisfaction with a horse. Mentions limp and that horse had been foundered or otherwise injured. Mentions Governor Mifflin and the Falls of Schuylkill.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Provide Answers to Captain George Fleming Queries
Captain George Fleming wants to know cost of carriages made in Philadelphia, for cannon sent from West Point, and what a carpenter would charge of making carriages for eight inch howitzers. Stagg …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Proposed Indian Assortment
O'Hara expresses his wish that Hodgdon had received his letters regularly so that Hodgdon would know his opinion regarding the proposed Indian assortment.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Prices of Articles
Hodgdon is asked to send a memorandum with the prices of a list of articles: knapsacks; cartridge boxes; tents; horsemen's tents; horsemen's marquees; travelling carriages for brass cannon and …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Presidential Orders to Erect Arsenal and Magazine at Trenton
Washington gives detailed instructions for the creation of a magazine and arsenal at Trenton.
CA NJ LettersPowder, Lead and Muskets to be Sent to Pittsburg
Request to send musket powder, lead and 750 new muskets to Pittsburg.
Northwest Territory PapersPayment to Jenkins
Carrington recently enclosed a voucher to Hodgdon for the payment of fifty dollars to one Jenkins for transporting arms to Capt. Preston. Carrington is taking this opportunity to remind Hodgdon again …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Pay for James M. Reed express rider
Request for pay of James M. Reed, express rider, who carried dispatches from Niagara.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of War [1A-F2] (RG46)Paid Twelve Dollars
Webb paid twelve dollars by check on the bank on the 20th of March 1792.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
