Chickasaw Goods from Pittsburgh to Nashville

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Chickasaw Goods from Pittsburgh to Nashville

Description

The interim Secretary of War requests information from the Commissary of Military Stores regarding the carriage of Chickasaw goods from Pittsburgh to Nashville, specifically the weight.

year created

1795

month created

05

day created

12

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Timothy Pickering
Indians
Chickasaw

notable location

War Office
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Tennessee

notable item/thing

carriage
goods

document number

1795051200101

page start

1

number of pages

2

transcription

To fix the carriage of the Chickasaw good from Pittsburg to Nashville, I want to know precisely the weight of the whole. This I wish to be furnished with to-day, that I may settle with the gentleman who will con-tract for such carriage & sits in waiting.
Yr.obt.servt.
T. Pickering [signature]
War Office May 12. 1795
Samuel Hodgdon Esq

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) APA01 (2 pages) Collection: [Empty placeholder collection for incomplete collection associations.] B:5, F:10. Boston College Library

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering War Office [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]