Request to Attend to Returns for Rations Owed Hyde

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request to Attend to Returns for Rations Owed Hyde

Description

Hyde believes he may have left a return for provisions and a ration order on Simmons' table and asks that Simmons complete the work for him if possible. He discusses popular opinion of Adams and Gallatin and mentions the Independence Day celebrations in Pittsburgh.

short description

Paperwork left behind or lost.

year created

1798

month created

07

day created

06

author

sent from location

Pittsburg

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible.

notable person/group

William Simmons
Charles Hyde
John Adams
Albert Gallatin
Western people
Mr. Higgins

notable location

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Ohio

notable item/thing

provision return
correct a mistake
rations due to me
have lost
left them on your table
attend to them
correct the error
affection of all
despised by most
Independence Day
celebrated

document number

1798070670001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) YXH11 (3 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Hyde Charles
[view document] (2 pages) YXH11a (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) Hyde Charles

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Charles Hyde Pittsburg [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons Philadelphia [n/a]