Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to John Bryant
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.074 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 July 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 25.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Requests Captain Bryant immediately sends 50 Barrels of powder to Stephen Higginson, merchant, regiment in Boston, Massachusetts. The powder is for the "Navy and the vessell will be waiting to receive it." (The vessel was probably the USS Constitution.)
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