Return and Sale or Preservation of Materials at New York Navy Yard

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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

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