Request for Purchase of Medicine for Sick at Harper's Ferry
Item
Type
Document Signed
Title
Request for Purchase of Medicine for Sick at Harper's Ferry
Description
Directs purchase of medicine and food supplies for the sick at Harper's Ferry, VA.
year created
1800
month created
07
day created
12
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
Israel Whelen
Samuel Hodgdon
sick
Doctor Charles Brown
notable location
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
notable item/thing
sundries
hospital stores
Madeira wine
port wine
brandy
molasses
coffee
chocolate
cohea tea
muscavado sugar
rice
barley
vinegar
nutmeg
cloves
cinnamon
sage
tamarinds
raisins
public store
document number
1800071228001
page start
1
transcription
Hospitals
Samuel Hodgdon
July 12th 1800
respecting the purchase
of sundries, for the use
of the sick at Harpers
ferry Virga
[address written across length of sheet, perpendicular to above]
Israel Whelen Esquire
Purveyor
Philadelphia
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 12th July 1800
Sir,
The following hospital stores are immediately
for the use of the sick, under the care
of Doctor Charles Brown, at Harpers Ferry in
Virginia, vizt. fifteen gallons of madeira wine,
fifteen gallons of port wine, fifteen gallons of Brandy,
fifteen gallons of molasses, one hundred wt. of Coffee,
fifty wt. of Chocolate, tens of [illegible] tea, one
hundred pounds of muscovado sugar, one hundred
pounds of rice, twenty five pounds of barley,
thirty gallons of vinegar, one pound of nutmegs
one pound of cloves, two pounds of cinnamon, ten
pounds of sage, twenty pounds of tamarinds, twenty
pounds of Raisins, and twenty pounds of prunes--
which I will thank you to purchase as soon as con
-venient, and have deposited in the public Store
in this city. I am, Sir, your most obt. serv.
Israel Whelen Esq.
Samuel Hodgdon
Samuel Hodgdon
July 12th 1800
respecting the purchase
of sundries, for the use
of the sick at Harpers
ferry Virga
[address written across length of sheet, perpendicular to above]
Israel Whelen Esquire
Purveyor
Philadelphia
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 12th July 1800
Sir,
The following hospital stores are immediately
for the use of the sick, under the care
of Doctor Charles Brown, at Harpers Ferry in
Virginia, vizt. fifteen gallons of madeira wine,
fifteen gallons of port wine, fifteen gallons of Brandy,
fifteen gallons of molasses, one hundred wt. of Coffee,
fifty wt. of Chocolate, tens of [illegible] tea, one
hundred pounds of muscovado sugar, one hundred
pounds of rice, twenty five pounds of barley,
thirty gallons of vinegar, one pound of nutmegs
one pound of cloves, two pounds of cinnamon, ten
pounds of sage, twenty pounds of tamarinds, twenty
pounds of Raisins, and twenty pounds of prunes--
which I will thank you to purchase as soon as con
-venient, and have deposited in the public Store
in this city. I am, Sir, your most obt. serv.
Israel Whelen Esq.
Samuel Hodgdon
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | XAS19 (2 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | B: 846; F: Hospital (1800) |
| [view document] (2 pages) | XAS19a (2 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | B: 846; F: Hospital (1800) |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Israel Whelen | [unknown] | [n/a] |