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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.009.04 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of 4 letters to William Richardson |
Title | John Matthews to William Richardson requesting a delivery of sugar |
Date | 4 August 1782 |
Author | Mathews, John (1744-1802) |
Recipient | Richardson, William |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Written to Richardson at High Hills of Santee, South Carolina. Requests Richardson to deliver one case of sugar out of the public stores by order of Brigadier General Isaac Huger. Note at bottom of p. 1 signed by Huger asking the sugar to be sent to Captain Hamilton. Note on p. 2 signed by John Hamilton certifying receipt of the sugar on 28 August 1782. Mathews was the governor of South Carolina, 1782-1783. Written from Ashley River, South Carolina. |
Subjects | Military History Military Provisions Revolutionary War Continental Army Diet and Nutrition |
People | Mathews, John (1744-1802) Richardson, William (1743-1786) Huger, Isaac (1743-1797) Hamilton, John (fl. 1782) |
Place written | Berkeley County, South Carolina |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |