Fearful of Sums Being Drawn from the Missing Money
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Fearful of Sums Being Drawn from the Missing Money
Description
Letter, discusses missing money; mentions that the Postmaster General's office is checking the dead letters.
year created
1798
month created
03
day created
01
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
created note
Although the exact date in March 1798 on which this document was created is not indicated, the facts strongly suggest that it was written on either March 1 or 2. Documents are occasionally entered into the letterbook late, but this document was clearly entered no later than March 2, for it preceeds several documents dated that day. Since the dateline indicates that it was written on some date in March 1798, it seems to leave only March 1 and 2. We have chosen to date March 1, 1798.
notable person/group
Thomas Holt
Samuel Hodgdon
notable location
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office
notable item/thing
cash transactions
missing money
dead letters
bank
notable phrase
thought it adviseable to state to you the cash transactions between us to this date
fearful you may draw for the missing money
done every thing in my power to obtain payment
Post Master General assures me I shall have his definite answer
found in his office
dead letters are all in
overhaul them
bank
unfortunate business
suspended unitl the first of April
estimate for January is received at the accountant's office
conclude a small one may be expected
document number
1798030128455
page start
26
number of pages
1
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:026 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Thomas Holt | [unknown] | [n/a] |