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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06795-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 August 1796
- Author/Creator
- Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.8 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Relates that a court judgment was leveled against him requiring him to repay money to the Bank of Pennsylvania. Explains the financial distress this has put him in, especially because business associate Mr. [George] Meade (he spells it "Mead") will not pay his portion. Discusses the financial arrangements Hodgdon has with Knox. Briefly touches on news about members of their acquaintance, and sends his compliments to Mrs. Knox.
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