Fresh Teams Would Cause a More Rapid Push

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Fresh Teams Would Cause a More Rapid Push

Description

Davis announces that he has reached Shipingsburgh that morning along with Robert Young's load. The two-horse stages loaded on the 14th and 15th are on their way. Weaver is still twenty miles away. Davis wrote the previous day observing that fresh teams of horses would result in a more rapid push.

year created

1794

month created

10

day created

19

author

sent from location

Shipingsburgh

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Partially obscured.

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Davis

notable location

Philadelphia
Shipingsburgh

document number

1794101980001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) ZNK12 (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 3
[view document] (2 pages) ZNK12a (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 3

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Davis Shipingsburgh [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]