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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Extract of a letter from Samuel Hodgdon Esqr. C.G.M.S. to Henry Demler at the QM Genls. office

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01492 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 17 July 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.2 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

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."

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Demler, Henry, fl. 1782-1783
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

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