Acceptance of the Superintendency

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Acceptance of the Superintendency

Description

Ames accepts his appointment as Superintendent of the Public Armory at Springfield but cannot proceed to that place until he receives orders to do so. He asks Hodgdon to send his orders to the Post Office at Boston.

year created

1794

month created

08

author

sent from location

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Major Samuel Hodgdon
David Ames
General Knox
President [Washington]

notable location

Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Springfield
Post Office in Boston
the Eastward

notable item/thing

Superintendency of the Public Armory
appointment
no orders for me
public business

document number

1794089980001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) THA22 (2 pages) Collection: V.F. Vertical File A.K. Peter Keyser. PK

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author David Ames Bridgewater, Massachusetts [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]