Letter to Messrs. Gurney & Smith regarding payment of men at naval ship yard at Philadelphia
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter to Messrs. Gurney & Smith regarding payment of men at naval ship yard at Philadelphia
Description
Knox requests that Messrs Gurney and Smith pay the men at the ship yard on Saturday at the time of quitting work.
year created
1794
month created
12
day created
11
author
secondary author
secondary recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
Mssrs. Gurney & Smith.
notable person/group
Messrs Gurney and Smith
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
workmen
notable location
Philadelphia
naval ship yard at Philadelphia
notable item/thing
pay
USS United States
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1794121115155
page start
93
transcription
[undecipherable] Gurney & Smith [in margin]
W. D. Dec 11th 1794
Sir,
I shall consider it as a favor if you will please to have the men at work at the Naval Yard in this city paid at the yard every Saturday at the usual hour of quitting work.
W. D. Dec 11th 1794
Sir,
I shall consider it as a favor if you will please to have the men at work at the Naval Yard in this city paid at the yard every Saturday at the usual hour of quitting work.
Item sets
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:93 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Author | Lieutenant Smith | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Mr Gurney | [unknown] | [n/a] |