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This Grand Supply the Samuel Hodgdon Letterbooks, 1778-1784. Volume 1, July 19, 1778-March 31, 1781 (Paperback)
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This Grand Supply the Samuel Hodgdon Letterbooks, 1778-1784. Volume 1, July 19, 1778-March 31, 1781 (Paperback)
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In July 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the appointment
of a Commissary of Military Stores, who was responsible for the
receipt and issuance of military stores. These letters concern the
procurement, shipment, repair and sale of military stores;
estimates of stores needed and on hand; construction of ordnance
installations; and payment and discharge of employees. The letters
were authored by three men: Commissary General of Military Stores
and Assistant Quartermaster Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary General of
Military Stores Benjamin Flowers, and Deputy Commissary of Military
Stores Richard Frothingham; however, Samuel Hodgdon produced the
majority of the letters in his various positions in the military
stores operations of the Continental Army. Military stores were
critical to the army's operations, but Washington's men also faced
shortages of clothing, food, and pay throughout the war. After
1781, and Cornwallis's surrender, there were no more major actions
for the Continental Army in the North, and Hodgdon's letters assume
a less frantic tone. These documents present a literal translation
with spelling, punctuation and grammar remaining as they are found
in the original. Letters are introduced by the names of the
addresser and addressee. Volume 1 of this two volume series covers
July 19, 1778-March 31, 1781; Volume 2 covers April 3, 1781-May 24,
1784. An index to full names, places and subjects completes each
volume.
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