Weekly return of men employed at the New York naval yard; recommendations for preserving unused planks

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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

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