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: 16 February 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 23 x 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.
Samuel Hodgdon had served as the commissary general of military stores during the American Revolution and a Colonel of military stores in the War Department after the war.
Captain John Bryant was the Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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