Request to have Asa Copeland replace John Morgan
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to have Asa Copeland replace John Morgan
Description
Knox proposes that Mr Asa Copeland replace Mr Morgan, who is in Georgia overseeing the cutting of timber for frigate construction. That would allow Morgan to assume duties as Naval Constructor at Norfolk Virginia.
year created
1794
month created
10
day created
25
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
Tench Coxe
notable person/group
Tench Coxe
Asa Copeland
Mr Morgan
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
War Department
Naval Constructor
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Virginia
notable item/thing
frigate
timber
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1794102515055
page start
89
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | ZXA06 (315 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) | V:1, P:89 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Coxe | [unknown] | [n/a] |