Request for Estimate of Transport Cost for Military Stores

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Estimate of Transport Cost for Military Stores

Description

Letter, directs estimate of transport cost for public stores.

short description

Ltr, dir estimate of transport costs.

year created

1790

month created

06

day created

24

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

sent to location

Providence

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Jeremiah Olney
Henry Knox

notable location

Providence
War Office
Rhode Island
New York
West Point
Hudson River

notable item/thing

pray you to ascertain at what rate per ton the public stores
transported
let me know the result
transmit me an estimate as nearly as may be if the number of tons and the cost of transporting the same to the vessel
shipped

document number

1790062400101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) AWC07 (2 pages) Collection: Jeremiah Olney Papers B:Ltrs 1777-1813, 1790

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Office [n/a]
Recipient Jeremiah Olney Providence [n/a]