Appointment as Constructor and Master Builder
Document 1794Knox appoints Humphreys Constructor and Master Builder of a forty-four gun ship to be built in Philadelphia, with a compensation of two thousand dollars annually. The compensation is backdated to May due to Humphreys' work on drafts and models for the ship.
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Type
Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Description
Knox appoints Humphreys Constructor and Master Builder of a forty-four gun ship to be built in Philadelphia, with a compensation of two thousand dollars annually. The compensation is backdated to May due to Humphreys' work on drafts and models for the ship.
Date
06/28/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798062814000
Note
Printed in Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, vol. 1, p. 75.
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Henry Knox
constructor and master builder
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
forty-four gun ship
frigate United States
rate of compensation
incessant application
public interest
principles of the ship
drawing up draughts
making models