Weekly return of men employed at the New York naval yard; recommendations for preserving unused planks
Document 1795Weekly return for the men employed at the naval yard and the wages paid to them; Talbot suggests that due to the lack of timber holding back construction on the frigate, all the existing planks that are to be used on the ship should be placed in water to strengthen them or at least prevent rot.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Weekly return for the men employed at the naval yard and the wages paid to them; Talbot suggests that due to the lack of timber holding back construction on the frigate, all the existing planks that are to be used on the ship should be placed in water to strengthen them or at least prevent rot.
Date
11/16/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1795111640001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Pickering to Talbot, 11/18/1795.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Captain Silas Talbot
Secretary of War
constructor
Colonel Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
New York
naval yard
Notable items
wages
return
timber
frigate construction
planks
rot

