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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01492 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0044] July 1782 |
Title | Extract of a letter from Samuel Hodgdon Esqr CGMS to Henry Demler at the QM Genls office |
Date | 17 July 1782 |
Author | Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) |
Recipient | Demler, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Military document |
Content Description | Samuel Hodgdon, the Commissary General Military Stores, writes, "Inclosed you have an order on Mr. [John] Ruddock for a Load of Muskets, to be brought by a returning waggon which getts out from this city to day - and as arms can never come amiss, should be glad to have a load as often as circumstances will permit - and for the delivery when opportunities present, you will produce this Letter which Shall be confidenced as a Standing order until revoked." |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Military Supplies Weaponry Transportation |
People | Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Demler, Henry (fl. 1782-1783) Ruddock, John (fl. 1779-1796) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |