Most of the Ship Carpenters Have Been Dismissed
Document 1798By order of the Secretary of War, Craig has dismissed and paid off all the ship carpenters from Philadelphia except the superintendent and five others who are needed to complete and launch the galley. This cannot happen until a considerable rise of the waters of the Allegheny takes place.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
By order of the Secretary of War, Craig has dismissed and paid off all the ship carpenters from Philadelphia except the superintendent and five others who are needed to complete and launch the galley. This cannot happen until a considerable rise of the waters of the Allegheny takes place.
Date
08/03/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1798080380101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Craig, 08/10/1798.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh