Pay of the Shipwrights Working on the Galleys
Document 1798Mr. Humphreys is to engage shipwrights to work on the galleys being built by the Quartermaster General at Pittsburgh. These men should enter into a contract with respect to their pay for a period not to exceed six months. Hodgdon should advance these men some pay prior to sending them off by stage to Shippensburg.
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Letterbook Copy
Description
Mr. Humphreys is to engage shipwrights to work on the galleys being built by the Quartermaster General at Pittsburgh. These men should enter into a contract with respect to their pay for a period not to exceed six months. Hodgdon should advance these men some pay prior to sending them off by stage to Shippensburg.
Date
04/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1798042115055
Page start
37
Note
The author is not shown but, based on content, it is presumed to be James McHenry.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
[James McHenry]
Notable locations
War Office