Supply Line
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Supply Line
Description
Inquiry into statement that Northern posts of Niagara, Detroit, and Michilemacinac would be supplied via Albany and Schenectady. Requested stationary and writing paper.
year created
1797
month created
09
day created
29
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
notable location
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Schenectady
Albany
Niagara
Detroit
Michilemacinac
posts
Northern posts
notable item/thing
hospital stores
clothing
provisions
supplies
stationary
writing paper
notable idea/issue
transportation of provisions
travel
supply
document number
1797092989001
page start
1
transcription
Pittsburg 29 September 1797
Sir
Your letter of the 18th + 22nd this moment have come to hand accompanied by a news Paper ..
Your letter of the 15th
222
informs me that you were then getting on Hospital Stores Cloathing &ca for the northern posts via Albany + Schenectady Quere are Niagara, Detroit + Michilimacinac, or any of these posts to be supplyed by that route? Early information on this point is of importance in making provision for transportation from this post ~
The quantity of Stationary, writing paper in particular received this season has not been adequate to the necessary consumption of the several posts depending on this
I am Sir Your very obedServ
Samuel Hodgdon esq
Philadelphia
Sir
Your letter of the 18th + 22nd this moment have come to hand accompanied by a news Paper ..
Your letter of the 15th
222
informs me that you were then getting on Hospital Stores Cloathing &ca for the northern posts via Albany + Schenectady Quere are Niagara, Detroit + Michilimacinac, or any of these posts to be supplyed by that route? Early information on this point is of importance in making provision for transportation from this post ~
The quantity of Stationary, writing paper in particular received this season has not been adequate to the necessary consumption of the several posts depending on this
I am Sir Your very obedServ
Samuel Hodgdon esq
Philadelphia
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | IAV27 (2 pages) | Collection: James Robertson Papers | IIE221-222 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Craig | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |