Report on State of & Activities At Portmouth Navy Yard
Document 1795Letter, discusses arrival at Portsmouth Naval Yard; describes declivity of keel; discusses employees and arrangement of yard. Encloses account of work done in the yard to 1st of June 1795.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, discusses arrival at Portsmouth Naval Yard; describes declivity of keel; discusses employees and arrangement of yard. Encloses account of work done in the yard to 1st of June 1795.
Date
06/09/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Portsmouth
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795060937001
Page start
5
Note
Cited in Humphreys to Pickering, 06/22/1795, and Pickering to Fox, 06/23/1795, and War Department to Fox 06/23/1795.
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
Negroes
African Americans
Notable locations
Portsmouth
Notable items
keel
fore
midships
river
block
mud
timber
clerk
molds
steward
meals
bell
scarphs
scarfs
rabbit
letter of introduction
yard
wind
weather
futtocks
sternpost
transom
joiner