The Carpenters' Superintendent is a Drunk, Etc.

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

The Carpenters' Superintendent is a Drunk, Etc.

Description

To settle a business dispute, Major Craig requests that Samuel Hodgdon obtain an original copy of a record filed with the Comptroller of the Treasury. Craig also informs that the construction of the gallies is much hampered because the carpenters' superintendant is a drunk.

year created

1800

month created

03

day created

23

author

sent from location

Pittsburg

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig

notable location

Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

pay
witness

notable phrase

I am apprehensive that the certified copy of the account you have obtained and sent me will not answer the purpose intended, as some of the men named therein say that they have not been paid and Lieutenant Martin also says he does not recollect having signed his name as witness and the duplicate having been either inadvertently or intentionally destroyed
as soon as he returns I shall have the business respecting payment

document number

1798032380001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (5 pages) ZPO07 (5 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:6
[view document] (3 pages) ZPO07a (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:6
[view document] (0 pages) IBL18 (0 pages) Collection: Isaac Craig Papers XXI037

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Isaac Craig Pittsburg [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]