Discussion of Iron, Stone Supply & Frigates
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Discussion of Iron, Stone Supply & Frigates
Description
Discusses pig iron available for frigates; also discusses availability of stone. Two vessels drifted down river and were damaged or destroyed near Fort Montgomery.
short description
Discussion of Iron, Stone Supply & Frigates
year created
1787
month created
04
day created
30
author
sent from location
West Point
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Recipient cannot be confirmed from image - letter incomplete?
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Price
Green
notable location
West Point
Fort Montgomery
river
channel
notable item/thing
Pig iron
frigates
stone
waterways
channel
vessels
ebb tide
burnt
sank
timbers
document number
1787043040055
page start
14
number of pages
1
transcription
West Point April 30th 1787
Sir
I have rec'd your of 20th by Mr. Green. And have been down to look after the vessels, but could find only one, which is sunk on the edge of the channel, on the [illegible] side of the River, better than three miles from this - the others I find to be nearly opposite to fort Montgomery and I believe in [illegible] water as I cannot [hear] or [learn] of any lady that she has been since she first went down.
In answer to yours [illegible]
1st can the quantity of [illegible] in each of the freights be known.
Not certain but from the best information I can get then was between thirty and forty [illegible] just on board of the one we have found but it is very uncertain how much is on board of her now as a great quantity of it is said to have been taken away both during the War and since, And what now remains is under a great many tons of stone, or perhaps that would have been gone also, the other is said to have had much more put on board of her
2d Where [illegible] the [illegible] burnt and how deep [illegible] in the water.
The frigates were set fire to opposite to Constitution hand and being ebb tide drifted down the river One nearly as far as fort Montgomery before she burnt to the waters edge and sunk. The other one that I have found the Bottom of her lays for and after the River, upon the Edge of the Channel, the timber of her [illegible] side is to be seen at [illegible] water and the other side is about ten feet under water at the same time. Owning to her listing of as the Edge of the Channel runs [illegible] the stern port when the [illegible] at low water there is about [illegible] [illegible] feet.
3d Supposing there to be a quantity of pig iron now Remaining in the bottom of the freight [illegible] [illegible] be the expenses per ton in getting it [illegible]. If [illegible]
Sir
I have rec'd your of 20th by Mr. Green. And have been down to look after the vessels, but could find only one, which is sunk on the edge of the channel, on the [illegible] side of the River, better than three miles from this - the others I find to be nearly opposite to fort Montgomery and I believe in [illegible] water as I cannot [hear] or [learn] of any lady that she has been since she first went down.
In answer to yours [illegible]
1st can the quantity of [illegible] in each of the freights be known.
Not certain but from the best information I can get then was between thirty and forty [illegible] just on board of the one we have found but it is very uncertain how much is on board of her now as a great quantity of it is said to have been taken away both during the War and since, And what now remains is under a great many tons of stone, or perhaps that would have been gone also, the other is said to have had much more put on board of her
2d Where [illegible] the [illegible] burnt and how deep [illegible] in the water.
The frigates were set fire to opposite to Constitution hand and being ebb tide drifted down the river One nearly as far as fort Montgomery before she burnt to the waters edge and sunk. The other one that I have found the Bottom of her lays for and after the River, upon the Edge of the Channel, the timber of her [illegible] side is to be seen at [illegible] water and the other side is about ten feet under water at the same time. Owning to her listing of as the Edge of the Channel runs [illegible] the stern port when the [illegible] at low water there is about [illegible] [illegible] feet.
3d Supposing there to be a quantity of pig iron now Remaining in the bottom of the freight [illegible] [illegible] be the expenses per ton in getting it [illegible]. If [illegible]
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | MBG01 (26 pages) | Collection: Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790. | P:13+f |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Price | West Point | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |