Discussion of Payment for Frigate Construction & Algerian Frigate
Document 1797Letter, asks for Wolcott's opinion; discusses mode of payment for Frigate construction; alludes to Algerian Frigate.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for Wolcott's opinion; discusses mode of payment for Frigate construction; alludes to Algerian Frigate.
Date
08/16/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797081660001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
James Hackett
Wolcott
Algerians
Dey of Algiers
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Secretary of Treasury
Navy Constructor
Notable locations
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Notable items
expected to have been paid according to the mode of tonage at Boston
settle it agreeably
wish I could have seen you before I left this city
find out Mr. Wolcott's opinion respecting the contract when he arrives in town and let me know
got my business finished as far as possible till I can see Mr. Wolcott
concluded to set out for New York this after noon
frigate Crescent