Quantity of Whiskey Forwarded to Fort Washington
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Quantity of Whiskey Forwarded to Fort Washington
Description
Hodgdon discusses a number of supply matters related to Craig's post at Pittsburgh.
year created
1798
month created
07
day created
13
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Congress
Bache
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
notable item/thing
drafts
spermacite [?] candles
stationery
Hamilton's wagoners
quantity of whiskey forwarded to Fort Washington
quarterly return
first edition of Fenno [?]
document number
1798071328355
page start
150
number of pages
1
transcription
Philadelphia July 13th 1798.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 6th inst. The drafts you mention shall meet due honor. I will purchase and forward for the use of the General, fifty Pounds of Spermaceti Candles agreeably to his request signified through you. A supply of Stationary shall go forward shortly. I shall attend to the advance made Hamiltons Waggoners.
I will thank you for an accurate statement of the Quantity of Whisky forwarded to Fort Washington subsequent to the 22nd June 1796. I also wish to receive your Quarterly Return due the 1st instant. Congress breaks up on Monday next I have paid off Bache and now send you the first edition of Fenno.
I am Sir Your most Obedient Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Major Isaac Craig
PS. Enclosed you have a Note due the 20th instant. Be pleased to collect it, and pass it to my Credit and advises, that I may pay the Amount to Doctor Hodge who owns it. You will observe it was accepted on the 3rd March but made payable six moths after date. Samuel Hodgdon
After writing the above I discovered that Messrs Girlington & Kimpton on whom it is drawn live at Carlisle, not Pittsburgh as was mentioned to me. I have therefore not enclosed it. S.H.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 6th inst. The drafts you mention shall meet due honor. I will purchase and forward for the use of the General, fifty Pounds of Spermaceti Candles agreeably to his request signified through you. A supply of Stationary shall go forward shortly. I shall attend to the advance made Hamiltons Waggoners.
I will thank you for an accurate statement of the Quantity of Whisky forwarded to Fort Washington subsequent to the 22nd June 1796. I also wish to receive your Quarterly Return due the 1st instant. Congress breaks up on Monday next I have paid off Bache and now send you the first edition of Fenno.
I am Sir Your most Obedient Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Major Isaac Craig
PS. Enclosed you have a Note due the 20th instant. Be pleased to collect it, and pass it to my Credit and advises, that I may pay the Amount to Doctor Hodge who owns it. You will observe it was accepted on the 3rd March but made payable six moths after date. Samuel Hodgdon
After writing the above I discovered that Messrs Girlington & Kimpton on whom it is drawn live at Carlisle, not Pittsburgh as was mentioned to me. I have therefore not enclosed it. S.H.
Item sets
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:150 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Isaac Craig | [unknown] | [n/a] |