Discussion of Frigate Timbers & Drafts, And Slave Labor
Document 1794Letter, discusses cutting timber for Frigates; mentions slaves; discusses Frigate drafts.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, discusses cutting timber for Frigates; mentions slaves; discusses Frigate drafts.
Date
10/14/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794101455001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
Joshua Humphreys
William
hands
woodcutters
negroes
Notable locations
Philadelphia
N. England
New England
Georgia
Notable items
live oak
frigate construction
some of the keels are already hauled into the yards
drafts are immediately wanted
time is now fast advancing
drafts will be wanted before they can be compleat
greatest attention is paid by you to that business
shole of the business is completed
trust you will see the necessity of it
near one hundred hands gone from N. England to cut the frames
Negroes they can procure