Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04730 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 September 1790 Pagination: 3 p. ; 22.8 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Hodgdon has located a house for Secretary of Knox to use in Philadelphia. Hodgdon has managed to work out a deal not exceeding 200 pounds a year. Relates that he also found a location "sufficient to house every species of the Public Stores." Hodgdon has several other public officials he has to now try to accommodate as well.
Hodgdon served as commissary general after the Revolutionary War, and was Quartermaster General 1791-1792. The War Office moved with Congress to Philadelphia in December 1790.
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