Regarding Navy Yard, Rents & Lease, And Weather Effects
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Regarding Navy Yard, Rents & Lease, And Weather Effects
Description
Letter, informs re yard at Corlear's Hook; informs re rent and terms of lease; mentions former navy yards; discusses severity of weather.
short description
Ltr, inf re yard at Corlear's Hook.
year created
1797
month created
03
day created
03
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
in image
notable person/group
Josiah Fox
Forman Cheeseman
Secretary of War
James McHenry
naval constructor
notable location
New York
Corlear's Hook
navy yards
wharf
notable item/thing
timber
plank
wails
notable phrase
write the secretary of war respecting the selling of much useless timber that I conceive had better be disposed of before we are at the expense of removing it
received yours
agreeable to your desire inform you that I engaged the yard at Corlear's Hook on and from the first day of November
possessed of a lease of the same for the term of six years from that date
hauled on the said wharf about one half of the plank & wails to the number of four hundred pieces
done late last fall
move any timber out of former navy yard owing to the severity of the season
days have lengthened and the weather more moderate
rent of the yard
document number
1797030360001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | BBV06 (2 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox Papers | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Microfilm: Josiah Fox Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Foreman Cheeseman | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |