Conveying Deserter Benjamin Woods

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Conveying Deserter Benjamin Woods

Description

Read has paid a bill related to the expenses of conveying Benjamin Wood, a deserter from Fort Mifflin, from Easton to Spring Garden. Should the bill and receipts be transmitted to Simmons?

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

05

author

sent from location

Easton, Pennsylvania

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Read, 08/07/1798.

author note

James Read

recipient note

William Simmons

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

William Simmons
James Read

notable location

Philadelphia
Easton, Pennsylvania

document number

1798080570101

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) ZJQ09 (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 59
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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James Read Easton, Pennsylvania [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons Philadelphia [n/a]