Hooper, Robert Lettis Jr. to Clement Biddle, 1780 February 27
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Hooper, Robert Lettis Jr. to Clement Biddle, 1780 February 27 | ||
| Alternative Title | Hooper, Robert Lettis, Jr. to Clement Biddle | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Hooper, Robert Lettis, 1730?-1797 | ||
| Recipient | Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Letter from Robert Lettis Hooper to Clement Biddle. Easton - Has informed Colonel Biddle's agent that owing to lack of money could not purchase any more grain of forage and has dismissed all his assistants. Impossibility of keeping 250 horses without money to pay for produce; desires to be directed where to send them. All transportation through Easton to camp must cease. Involved in a debt of not less than one million pounds! | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Quartermasters | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Forage | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Military camps | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Horses | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Hooper, Robert Lettis, 1730?-1797 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 3p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1780-02-27 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Nathanael Greene Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.G83 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.G83-ead.xml | ||
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