The Carpenters' Superintendent is a Drunk, Etc.
Type
Letterbook
Title
The Carpenters' Superintendent is a Drunk, Etc.
Description
To settle a business dispute, Major Craig requests that Samuel Hodgdon obtain an original copy of a record filed with the Comptroller of the Treasury. Craig also informs that the construction of the gallies is much hampered because the carpenters' superintendant is a drunk.
year created
1800
month created
03
day created
23
author
sent from location
Pittsburg
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
notable location
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
pay
witness
notable phrase
I am apprehensive that the certified copy of the account you have obtained and sent me will not answer the purpose intended, as some of the men named therein say that they have not been paid and Lieutenant Martin also says he does not recollect having signed his name as witness and the duplicate having been either inadvertently or intentionally destroyed
as soon as he returns I shall have the business respecting payment
document number
1798032380001
page start
1
