Breck discusses maritime issues with Knox

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, discusses dependence on foreign sail manufacture; describes Boston sail manufacturer; describes level of production and resources.

Date

09/12/1790

Author

Samuel Breck

Recipient

Henry Knox

Sent from

Boston

Repository

Pierpont Morgan Library

Collection

Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]

Document number

1790091240001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Samuel Breck
Miss Breck
Miss Knox
Capt. Williams
Capt. Lyde
Lewis Daltons

Notable locations

Boston
New York
[Boston]
America

Notable items

requested me to ask your influence in obtaining an appointment for him to command one of the cutters proposed to be built
believe him to be an able commander
new employment offers there are many applicants
agent
your department
establishment of this factory will cost between thirty and forty thousand dollars
as I am more than one third of the whole it becomes an object of consideration
no pecuniary influence however operate on the occasion as the sailcloth meets a ready sail both here and in the southern states
wish that our state ships like those of other nations should be clothed with our own manufacture
quality by the enclos'd certificate you will find highly approved
universally allow'd to be superior to any foreign buck whatever
flax
manner of manufacturing
director is an Englishman who carried on this branch of business for more than thirty years
worthy man
thorough master of the business
yards of cloth is the average for each week
great consumption of flax
season is fast approaching when the produce of this year will come to market
flatter ourselves the works will be extended
circumstance is more agreeable as it tends to cultivate a good understanding between citizens of each state & to cement that Union is necessary to
rendered herself very agreeable
at her departure
felt by the ladies of my family
twelve cutters or small vessels are to be built the Fall on public account
pray inform the Secretary of the Treasury under whose discretions I am told they will be
in this town is established a sail cloth manufacture on a very extensive scale
intention in promoting this object is to give employments to the poor and to render our country less dependent on Foreigners for that article
whose power it was by withholding their canvass or it intercepted to prevent the sailing of our ships
several persons whose acquaintance I have been honored with through you introduction express themselves much satisfied with our part of America