Sale of Tools & Care of Military Stores, Etc.
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Sale of Tools & Care of Military Stores, Etc.
Description
Letter, directs sale of tools & care of military stores; discusses transportation of ordnance.
year created
1798
month created
02
day created
14
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Bernard Hudson
Samuel Hodgdon
Capt. Houdin
notable location
Philadelphia
Mohawk River
notable item/thing
damage
transportation
tools
Quartermaster's stores
equitable price
log building
weathersalary
ordnance
duplicate receipts
notable phrase
remove them to a permanent station
small log building
erected to cover them from the weather
furnished by the person in charge of the stores
trouble entitle him to five dollars a month
government
liable to be injurious or taken away
close your account
your salary as stated by you has been paid in the hands of the person authorized to receive it
ordnance that is in serviceable condition may be transported to the nearest and best situation on the Mohawk River
take duplicate receipts
receive the usual compensation of 5 percent on the sales
small articles of military store which must be under the immediate charge of some person to prevent a total loss by damage
enabled and empower'd to pay for their transportation
your letter
consulted with the Secretary of War on the business to which it relates
interest of the United States to dispose of the few articles of tools etc. wanted in your return of Quarter Master's Stores
command an equitable price
business is committed to you
letter should find you at your post
account of sales to be paid
document number
1798021428255
page start
13
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (560 pages) | BJA01 (560 pages) | Collection: Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99. | P:013 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Bernard Hudson | [unknown] | [n/a] |