Discussion of Frigate Timbers & Drafts, And Slave Labor
Document 1794Letter, discusses cutting timber for Frigates; mentions slaves; discusses Frigate drafts.
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[undecipherable] Octr 14. 1794
Mr Jonah Fox
Sir
The time is now fast advancing, [undecipherable] drafts will be wanted before they can be comple[ted —] greatest attention is paid by you to that busin[ess, I hop]e that you will give your attention to it both early & late[,] whole of the business is compleated, I trust you will see the ne[cessity o]f it, as there is near one hundred hands gon from N: England to cut the frames, they with the Negros they can procure, may co[mplete it] in two weeks. Some of the Keels are already hauled into the yards, & the drafts are immediately wanted, and in order to forward that point I have set William at one of the d[raft]s
I am you &c
Joshua Humphre[ys]
[docket: Philaa — 14 Oct. 1794. from — Joshua Humphreys]
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

