George Washington Papers

To George Washington from William Hodgson, 24 October 1797

From William Hodgson

Alexandria Oct. 24 1797

Sir

Agreeably to your desire I subjoin the advances I charge on the different Goods, at the usual Credit of six Months, and for Cash.1 For the present I am deficient in Irish Linens & but a few pieces of the coarser Linens remain—the former however I am in daily Expectation of being supply’d with. With great Respect I am Sir Your mo. Ob. Servt

Wm Hodgson

ALS, DLC:GW.

William Hodgson (1765–1820) came from Whitehaven in England to Alexandria where he became a merchant in the mid–1780s.

1. Hodgson’s charges were:

Negro Clothing

Cash advce 87½ ⅌ Ct—Advce on 6 Mos 100 ⅌ Cent.

Fine Goods

Cash advce 76 ⅌ Ct—Do   Do 87½ ⅌ Ct

Payments made in two Months from purchase considerd as Cash. W.H.

GW subsequently made further inquiries about Alexandria merchants who might best supply him with needed goods. See for instance William Herbert to GW, 18 Jan. 1798; see also GW to Clement Biddle, 10, 29 Jan. 1798.

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    To George Washington from William Hodgson, 24 October 1797
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    Hodgson, William
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    Washington, George
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    24 October 1797

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    “To George Washington from William Hodgson, 24 October 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0377. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1797 – 30 December 1797, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 423.]