Regarding request to send foreman to Georgia to superintend cutting of timber; on the negroes as less expensive workers
Document 1795Hackett wants to send his foreman from New Hampshire to to superintend the cutting of timbers in Georgia. Pickering points out the the negroes in Georgia would be cheaper to pay than the men from Portsmouth New Hampshire. John Morgan reports that the work or the negro axemen is satisfactory. Expects required timber to be furnished by winter;
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Hackett wants to send his foreman from New Hampshire to to superintend the cutting of timbers in Georgia. Pickering points out the the negroes in Georgia would be cheaper to pay than the men from Portsmouth New Hampshire. John Morgan reports that the work or the negro axemen is satisfactory. Expects required timber to be furnished by winter;
Date
11/04/1795
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1795110415055
Page start
139
Note
References using "Negroes" as axemen, good workmen that can be obtained at "a vastly cheaper rate."
Notable persons
James Hackett
Negroes
Joshua Humphreys
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Naval Constructor
David Stodder
Notable locations
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Georgia
Philadelphia
War Office
Baltimore
Notable items
timber
36 gun frigate
mould