Suspension of pay and subsistence in cases of Captains Sever and Talbot
Document 1796Congress, having limited the number of frigates to three. Therefore pay and subsistence is suspended for Captain James Sever at Portsmouth New Hampshire and Captain Silas Talbot at New York. If future opportunities arise, President of United States General George Washington will cheerfully reinstate both Captains.
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Letterbook
Description
Congress, having limited the number of frigates to three. Therefore pay and subsistence is suspended for Captain James Sever at Portsmouth New Hampshire and Captain Silas Talbot at New York. If future opportunities arise, President of United States General George Washington will cheerfully reinstate both Captains.
Date
06/04/1796
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1796060415055
Page start
171
Note
Note at margin states Captain James Sever and one of same date to Captain Silas Talbot New York.
Notable persons
Captain James Sever
Captain Silas Talbot
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Navy
President of United States General George Washington
Congress
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
New York
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Notable items
frigate
pay
subsistence
USS Congress
USS United President