Shot & Shells to Christian Bridge, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Shot & Shells to Christian Bridge, Etc.
Description
[Partly illegible] DeWitt announces that he has at last gotten all the shot and shells that were at Elk Landing and Turner Creek to Christian Bridge. The account will be forwarded as soon as it can be made out according to Hodgdon's directions. He wants to know if the money can be had despite the fever that has afflicted many of the public officers in Philadelphia.
year created
1793
month created
09
day created
26
author
sent from location
Elk Landing
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Samuel DeWitt
notable location
Elk Landing
document number
1793092680001
page start
1
transcription
[center, main address:]
Elkton, Sept 27 S
Coll Samuel Hodgdon
Company of Military Stores
Philadelphia
r ---
Post
[handmade delivery/postmark]
[Note at top of mid-third, for filing:]
Letter from
[ ]
1793
[ ] 28th
[ ] 2d Octo
[Elkhang], Sept 26, 1793
Sir
I have at Last got forward
all the Shoyt & Shells to Christiana
Bridge, that was at Elk Susquehanah
& Turner Creek, the aco[s?] I shall
forward you as Soon as I Can get
them made out agreeable to your
Letter to Coll Yeates (a Copy of which
I have) please advise me whether
the money can be had as [ ]
informd, the most of the Publick
offices, are Shut on acc. of the fever
that prevails in your Coty.
I am Sir,
Your old[ ] Hble Servt,
Lam--------
[stamped at center bottom:]
Received
from
State Dep't.
Nov. 24. 1894.
R.P.O. 401840.
Elkton, Sept 27 S
Coll Samuel Hodgdon
Company of Military Stores
Philadelphia
r ---
Post
[handmade delivery/postmark]
[Note at top of mid-third, for filing:]
Letter from
[ ]
1793
[ ] 28th
[ ] 2d Octo
[Elkhang], Sept 26, 1793
Sir
I have at Last got forward
all the Shoyt & Shells to Christiana
Bridge, that was at Elk Susquehanah
& Turner Creek, the aco[s?] I shall
forward you as Soon as I Can get
them made out agreeable to your
Letter to Coll Yeates (a Copy of which
I have) please advise me whether
the money can be had as [ ]
informd, the most of the Publick
offices, are Shut on acc. of the fever
that prevails in your Coty.
I am Sir,
Your old[ ] Hble Servt,
Lam--------
[stamped at center bottom:]
Received
from
State Dep't.
Nov. 24. 1894.
R.P.O. 401840.
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZMM16 (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | SD-117, B-2, RPO 401310; RED#"178" |
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZMM16a (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | SD-117, B-2, RPO 401310; RED#"178" |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel DeWitt | Elk Landing | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |