Statement of Cash Expended in labor & wages at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia
Document 1798Ledger of monies spent on the construction of a frigate in Philadelphia.
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1798
Statement of Cash expended in Labour on wages from the beginning [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] United States [undecipherable] Philadelphia, on the Frigates United States, [undecipherable]
[Table]
Model Loft,
Carpenters and
joiners [undecipherable] 693,793 4323.88 3849.39 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Joiners [undecipherable amounts]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable amounts]
Sailors
employs [undecipherable] 1448.00 13.20 35.00 532.36 [undecipherable].95
Painters [undecipherable amounts]
[Totals] [undecipherable] 517888.57.93 [undecipherable] 56.450.66.11
The above Statement [from] this beginning to the 19 [inst.]
Navy Yard 22 Jan.y 1798
[Signature] [Joshua] Humphreys [Constructor] of the United [States] [Navy]
[Marginalia along top edge:] [Joshua] Humphreys [Constructor] of the United [States] Navy
Type
Letterbook
Description
Ledger of monies spent on the construction of a frigate in Philadelphia.
Date
01/22/1798
Author
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798012290001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
sailors
painters
joiners
caulkers
carpenters
laborers
Robert McMullen