Construction of temporary buildings for workmen; management of accounts; Joshua Humphreys and John Morgan

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Temporary buildings for the workmen, sanctioned by the superintedent, should be executed immediately. Discusses management of accounts with Treasury Department. Informs that Joshua Humphreys will travel to Norfolk to give direction on dimensions of frame prior to arrival of John Morgan, who, overseeing procurement of timber, should report from Georgia in a month.

Date

11/07/1794

Author

Henry Knox

Recipient

William Pennock

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

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

Document number

1794110715155

Page start

1

Notable persons

William Pennock
John Morgan
Joshua Humphreys
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
workmen
superintendent
Mr Shore
principal constructor
US Navy
War Department

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Georgia
Norfolk

Notable items

temporary buildings
accounts
abstracts
frame
stationary
frigate
frame
USS Chesapeake