Submits Returns for May 1796 with James Hackett's Contractor Receipts
Document 1796Clerk Edmund Quincy submits returns for May 1796, to include James Hackett, Constructor, receipts for articles delivered.
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Portsmouth New Hampre June 6th 1796
Sir
I herewith transmit you my Return for the Month of May 1796 — also James Hackett Constructor's rect for an Article delivered as pr Return —
I am Sir
Respectfully,
your Obt. Servant.
Edmund H. Quincy
[address panel:]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Superintendant of the military &
Naval Stores of the United States
o Philadelphia —
[postal notation, written sideways:]
[undecipherable: probable reading] Letter from Edmd H. Quincy
Portsmouth New Hampre [undecipherable] 1796
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Clerk Edmund Quincy submits returns for May 1796, to include James Hackett, Constructor, receipts for articles delivered.
Date
06/06/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Document number
1796060680001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Edmund H Quincy
Clerk
USS Congress
US Navy
James Hackett, constructor
Superintendent of Navy and Military stores of United States
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth Navy Yard
War Office
War Department
Notable items
frigate
USS Congress
returns
articles