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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.038 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 16, 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Bryant that he has been informed by a letter from "Benj Huntingdon" [possibly referring to Benjamin Huntington], addressed to the Superintendent of Finance (Robert Morris), that there are a number of military stores "lying without regard in several places in the State of Connecticut; particularly in Hartford." Instructs Bryant to make immediate inquiry into such stores and move them to Springfield under Bryant's direction. Requests Bryant in "future by every possible Means you will endeavor to prevent any farther applications of this kind in the Vicinity of your charge as they are disreputable to the department at large.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Bryant, John, 1742-1816
Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800

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