Letter to Messrs. Gurney & Smith regarding payment of men at naval ship yard at Philadelphia

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[undecipherable] Gurney & Smith [in margin]

                          W. D. Dec 11th 1794

Sir, I shall consider it as a favor if you will please to have the men at work at the Naval Yard in this city paid at the yard every Saturday at the usual hour of quitting work.

Type

Letterbook

Description

Knox requests that Messrs Gurney and Smith pay the men at the ship yard on Saturday at the time of quitting work.

Date

12/11/1794

Author

Henry Knox

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

1794121115155

Page start

93

Notable persons

Messrs Gurney and Smith
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
workmen

Notable locations

Philadelphia
naval ship yard at Philadelphia

Notable items

pay
USS United States