Shipment of Supplies on Sloop "Patience"

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

Shipment of Supplies on Sloop "Patience"

Description

Letter, discusses articles of military clothing that have gone unaccounted for in shipment and the current captain of the sloop transporting the supplies disavows any knowledge of their presence. Mentions that yellow fever has killed captain and crew of the sloop employed to transport these articles. Requested a list of articles shipped so they can be accounted for in some fashion.

year created

1798

month created

09

day created

04

author

sent from location

New York

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Hodgdon to Henry, 09/05/1798.Authors last name is illegible.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Henry
crew
paymaster
captain

notable location

Philadelphia
New York

notable item/thing

sloop
clothing
Patience
ship
supplies
return

notable idea/issue

quality
transportation of supplies
travel
missing items
fraud
yellow fever
illness
sickness
accountability

document number

1798090480200

page start

1

number of pages

2

transcription

War Office [illegible]
Recd 6 1798
Trenton 5 Sep. [stamped: New York] 10.
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
War Office -- Philada
112
New York 4th Sept. 1798
Sir
Enquiry has been made on board the Sloop Patience for the cloathing arms &c for the use of the detachment under my command, and the Captain of the sloop disavows any knowledge of such articles. The Captain and almost all the crew who were on board of that sloop, when those articles must have been shipped, are since dead with the yellow fever; and as it is probable the present commander wants to avail himself of that circumstance, and commit some fraud, I request you will forward to me some document to prove the delivery of the articles; and I will have a detainer laid on the sloop to make the present owner or master accountable.
I am Sir
Your obedt. Servt.
John Henry
Genl Hodgdon Esqr.

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) YVF10 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological
[view document] (2 pages) YVF10a (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Henry New York [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]