Discharge of the workers at Norfolk ship yard
Document 1795Yards to north to be supplied with live oak timber first. Mr Morgan remains in Georgia overseeing timber harvest business; will remain so until supply of frigates is finished. As such, when the keel is properly covered from weather, order the workmen to be discharged.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Yards to north to be supplied with live oak timber first. Mr Morgan remains in Georgia overseeing timber harvest business; will remain so until supply of frigates is finished. As such, when the keel is properly covered from weather, order the workmen to be discharged.
Date
10/08/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1795100815155
Page start
132
Notable persons
William Pennock
Naval constructor
Josiah Fox
John Morgan
Naval Agent
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
War Department
War Office
ship yard workers
Notable locations
Georgia
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Gosport
War Office
Virginia
Notable items
live oak
keel
frigate
timber