Requests Information about Clothing Shipment; Land on Little Miami

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Requests Information about Clothing Shipment; Land on Little Miami

Description

Has heard that Meigs has retired as Clothier for the Army, but has received no official word. Requests information about retirement and business as it stands. Asks about quantity of clothing sent to Fort Massac as a deposit for special needs; requests information about how shipment was dispersed. Hodgdon and Pickering own land on the Little Miami, surveyed by Col. Anderson. Requests information.

year created

1799

month created

08

day created

12

sent from location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Meigs to Hodgdon, 12/09/1799.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

Return Jonathan Meigs
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. Pickering
Col. Anderson

notable location

Philadelphia
Fort Massac
Little Miami River

notable item/thing

Accounts
Clothing

notable idea/issue

Retirement

document number

1799081228155

page start

535

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) BJA01 (560 pages) Collection: Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99. P: 535

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Return Jonathan Meigs [unknown] [n/a]