Payment for advancing seamen of Frigate Constellation
Document 1790Pennock, naval agent, requests payment to Olway Bird, collector for district of Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia, $1000 for advancing seamen belonging to frigate Constellation.
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for $1000— Norfolk May 22. 1798
At Sight of this my first of Exchange
Second of same Tenor & date unpaid pay Otway Bur
Esqt Collector for the District of Norfolk & Portsmouth
or Order One Thousand dollars Value reciev'd for the
advancing Seamen belonging to the Frigate Con
stitution as Advis'd by Your Obt Servt
Wm Pennock
The Honble James McHenry. Naval Agents
Secy of War
Philada
Type
Document Signed
Description
Pennock, naval agent, requests payment to Olway Bird, collector for district of Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia, $1000 for advancing seamen belonging to frigate Constellation.
Date
05/22/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Norfolk
Document number
1798052240101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Pennock
naval agent
Olway Bird
collector district of Norfolk
seamen
Olway Byrd
Oliver Wolcott
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Virginia
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Notable items
pay
advance
frigate Constellation