Reports Progress for Construction of Laboratory, Arsenal, Magazine in Philadelphia
Document 1799Reports efforts of Mr. Annely to pay landlord John Taylor with stoppages from his wages, but the notes remained unpaid. Asks Mackey to make a payment plan with Annely. Reports that Taylor has acted like a gentleman. Hopes that the canal is progressing. Relays plans for extensive, expensive operation, having purchased land near the Schuylkill for a laboratory, magazine, barracks, workshop, and arsenal. Reports that Philadelphia is remarkably healthy.
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Author's Letterbook Copy
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Reports efforts of Mr. Annely to pay landlord John Taylor with stoppages from his wages, but the notes remained unpaid. Asks Mackey to make a payment plan with Annely. Reports that Taylor has acted like a gentleman. Hopes that the canal is progressing. Relays plans for extensive, expensive operation, having purchased land near the Schuylkill for a laboratory, magazine, barracks, workshop, and arsenal. Reports that Philadelphia is remarkably healthy.
Date
06/27/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799062728255
Page start
486
Notable persons
John Mackey
Samuel Hodgdon
Thomas Annely
John Taylor
Mr. Brindley
Mr. Perkins
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Notable items
Wages
Canal
Laboratory
Arsenal
Magazine
Barracks
Workshop