Return and Sale or Preservation of Materials at New York Navy Yard
Document 1796Providing the return of the articles received into the naval yard; providing recommendations to prevent the sale or rot of unused materials. Talbot is in favor of retaining as much of the material as possible, believing that the price they might fetch if sold would not equal their worth or the initial expense.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Providing the return of the articles received into the naval yard; providing recommendations to prevent the sale or rot of unused materials. Talbot is in favor of retaining as much of the material as possible, believing that the price they might fetch if sold would not equal their worth or the initial expense.
Date
05/08/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1796050840001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Silas Talbot
Congress
agent
Notable locations
New York
Navy Yard
Georgia
Notable items
return
articles
store
repairing the wharf
fencing
crossways
articles of a perishable nature
timber
construction of a ship
sunk in water
worms
preserve from sale
pine plank
storage
stowage
plank
sticks
keel
expense
spars
rafts of timber

