On the assignment of Josiah Fox at Norfolk and decision to direct timbers to Baltimore and Philadelphia ship yards
Document 1795Pickering informs Morgan that his services in Georgia overseeing procurement of timber are indispensable; therefore Josiah Fox is assigned as temporary assistant naval constructor at Norfolk. Also informs of plan to suspend frigate construction at four ports and throw the full quantity of timber at Baltimore and Philadelphia yards. Norfolk will be the last ship yard to resume operations, so that Morgan may resume duties there as constructor.
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Letterbook
Description
Pickering informs Morgan that his services in Georgia overseeing procurement of timber are indispensable; therefore Josiah Fox is assigned as temporary assistant naval constructor at Norfolk. Also informs of plan to suspend frigate construction at four ports and throw the full quantity of timber at Baltimore and Philadelphia yards. Norfolk will be the last ship yard to resume operations, so that Morgan may resume duties there as constructor.
Date
06/30/1795
Author
Recipient
Document number
1795073015055
Page start
118
Notable persons
John Morgan
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Naval Constructor
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
naval architect
War Department
Notable locations
Norfolk Virginia
Saint Simons Georgia
Philadelphia
Baltimore
War Office
Notable items
timbers
frigates
USS Chesapeake