Payment of a Bill

Item

Type

Draft Letter / Draft Document

Title

Payment of a Bill

Description

The author is asking whether Mr. Petit will or will not pay a bill drawn by Tom Marshall of South Carolina. If he will not pay, the recipient should write to another South Carolinian to determine the disposition of the bill. He also wants to know the whereabouts of the millstones and miller he requested.

year created

1784

month created

02

day created

05

sent from location

Boston

recipient

in collection

in image

note

Cited in Hodgdon to Lincoln, 02/26/1784.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Benjamin Lincoln
Mr. Petit
Mr. Carlton
Tom Marshall
Mr. Jergenson
miller
Mr. Ferguson

notable location

Boston
Charleston, South Carolina

notable item/thing

bill
hands
directions
millstones
pay

document number

1784020580001

page start

1

number of pages

3

transcription

To Sam. Hodgdon Feb. 5. 1784
Dear Sir,
I wrote to you some time since [undecipherable] a bill drawn by some merchants in Charleston S. Carolina on M. Petit which title I left in the hands of M. Carleton I wish you would know whether M. Petit will or will not pay it - If he will not pay it I wish you would write to M. Ferguson of S. Carolina on the
and take his directions [undecipherable] it - If M. Petit will pay it I should be glad to honor it -
I also wrote [undecipherable] mill stones and a miller I should be begging to know whether you are beheld to [undecipherable] or not - it is necessary I should soon know [undecipherable] the stone officially as I [undecipherable] for them if they are not to be obtained [undecipherable] with you.
Sam Hodgdon

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) FDA04 (3 pages) Collection: Robert Goodloe Harper [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: Benjamin Lincoln Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Lincoln Boston [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]