Letter to the Commissioner of Commissary Stores
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Letter to the Commissioner of Commissary Stores
Description
Letter from General Richard Butler to Samuel Hodgdon, the Commissioner of Commissary Stores. Mentions the problem of sending and receiving letters in a timely fashion.
short description
Letter to the Commissioner of Commissary Stores
year created
1787
month created
10
day created
04
author
sent from location
Carlisle
recipient
in image
note
Partly illegible
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Richard Butler
Henry Knox
notable location
Carlisle
Fort Pitt
Harp & Crown,Third Street
Market Street
Philadelphia
Harristown
Shippensburg
Bedford
notable item/thing
Conestoga Wagon
letters
document number
1787100480001
page start
1
transcription
Carlisle Oct. 4th 1787
Sir
[undecipherable] hond at the letter from [undecipherable] of the
3d Ulto. [undecipherable] and that you [undecipherable] for
[undecipherable] by more than 500 Dol. offer the cheaper of the
place - I have conquered of him about it but it is not
yet arrivd should it not have been [undecipherable] now
I will then [undecipherable]
possible. [undecipherable] have it earned to fort Pitt
the [undecipherable] General Altometnion,
the [undecipherable] Letters home
[undecipherable] I have requested him to send them
to [undecipherable] cre & you wull find frequent Opportunity
from the [undecipherable] Stage Waggon market Street
thi in all [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] I am
confident moght be had of a contract and as offered
to Fort Pitt from Philada he [undecipherable] Harrisburg
[undecipherable] Bedford or
from [undecipherable] either & by Boston [undecipherable] or
by Harrisburg instead [undecipherable]
then if [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] it I hope you [undecipherable]
Sincer [undecipherable]
Esteem Sir
Your [undecipherable]
Richd. Buttler
Col. Sam. Hodgdon
Letter from Genl. Butler
Oct. 4
1787
recd. Oct. 16
Sir
[undecipherable] hond at the letter from [undecipherable] of the
3d Ulto. [undecipherable] and that you [undecipherable] for
[undecipherable] by more than 500 Dol. offer the cheaper of the
place - I have conquered of him about it but it is not
yet arrivd should it not have been [undecipherable] now
I will then [undecipherable]
possible. [undecipherable] have it earned to fort Pitt
the [undecipherable] General Altometnion,
the [undecipherable] Letters home
[undecipherable] I have requested him to send them
to [undecipherable] cre & you wull find frequent Opportunity
from the [undecipherable] Stage Waggon market Street
thi in all [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] I am
confident moght be had of a contract and as offered
to Fort Pitt from Philada he [undecipherable] Harrisburg
[undecipherable] Bedford or
from [undecipherable] either & by Boston [undecipherable] or
by Harrisburg instead [undecipherable]
then if [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] it I hope you [undecipherable]
Sincer [undecipherable]
Esteem Sir
Your [undecipherable]
Richd. Buttler
Col. Sam. Hodgdon
Letter from Genl. Butler
Oct. 4
1787
recd. Oct. 16
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | YZP23 (3 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B: 384 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Major General Richard Butler | Carlisle | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |