James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Robert Hooe and Company, 13 December 1804 (Abstract)

§ From Robert Hooe and Company1

13 December 1804, Alexandria. “We forwarded by Capt. Johnson the Goods recd for you by the Unity, vizt. 4 frails2 Figs, Two of Almonds, a package of dryed fruit, a Box of Oranges, & four nests of Baskets.3 We hope you recd. them in good order. A Bill of the expences we paid is annexed.”4

RC (DLC). 1 p.

1. The merchant firm of Robert T. Hooe and Company was based in Alexandria, where Col. Robert T. Hooe (d. 1809) also served as mayor (Miller, Artisans and Merchants of Alexandria, 1:212).

2. Frail: “A kind of basket made of rushes, used for packing figs, raisins, etc.; the quantity of raisins, etc. (30 to 75 lbs.) contained in this” (OED description begins Oxford English Dictionary. description ends , 2d ed.).

3. See William Jarvis to JM, 6 Oct. 1804 (first letter).

4. At the foot of the letter is a list of charges totaling $4.76, including entry fee, $0.15; duty, $4.27; drayage, $0.13; and wharfage, $0.21.

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    To James Madison from Robert Hooe and Company, 13 December 1804 (Abstract)
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    Robert Hooe and Company
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    Madison, James
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    13 December 1804

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    “To James Madison from Robert Hooe and Company, 13 December 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0398. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 377.]