Land Contracts

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Land Contracts

Description

Cost of land survey and land discussed.

year created

1798

month created

06

day created

12

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

New Haven

in image

notable person/group

Eli Whitney
Samuel Hodgdon

notable location

New Haven
Philadelphia
Germantown
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

notable idea/issue

survey

notable phrase

Contracts may be entered into for surveying any number of gun works that may be and at the usual price of twenty five cents
we have a sufficient number on hand to keep a supply, until there to be contracted
this information on may be as occasion may require

document number

1798061228001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) NYF04 (2 pages) Collection: Eli Whitney Papers, Film:HM #219, #544 R:1, F:12

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Eli Whitney New Haven [n/a]