Letter from the War Office dismissing clerk at Portsmouth Naval Yard Edmund Quincy
Document 1797Captain Thompson appointed as superintendent of frigate construction at Portsmouth New Hampshire. James Hackett, naval constructor, will take charge of materials and public property. Therefore, clerk of ship yard no longer necessary and Quincy is dismissed. He will make a final return of all materials in his possession.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Captain Thompson appointed as superintendent of frigate construction at Portsmouth New Hampshire. James Hackett, naval constructor, will take charge of materials and public property. Therefore, clerk of ship yard no longer necessary and Quincy is dismissed. He will make a final return of all materials in his possession.
Date
01/12/1797
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1797011215455
Page start
1
Notable persons
Edmund D. Quincey
Captain Thomas Thompson
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
James Hackett
naval constructor
Captain Sever
clerk of ship yard
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
War Office
War Department
ship yard
Notable items
stores
materials
returns
frigate