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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Thomas FitzSimons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05702 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 November 1792 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28.3 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

Contains two letters, written in the same hand. The first, from FitzSimons to Hodgdon, informs Hodgdon that his business has been referred to a committee of the House of Representatives and will be discussed on 19 November. The second portion is from Hodgdon to FitzSimons, acknowledging the above infformation.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Fitzsimons, Thomas, 1741-1811

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