Procuring Workers for the Canal, Etc.
Document 1799Mackey complains that there is such a habitual laziness of the poor in the county that it is difficult to procure workers for the canal. Nevertheless, one third of the canal has been dug.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Mackey complains that there is such a habitual laziness of the poor in the county that it is difficult to procure workers for the canal. Nevertheless, one third of the canal has been dug.
Date
07/17/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Harpers Ferry
Document number
1799071780001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Mackey
Secretary of War
John Suttender's wife
family
laborers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Notable items
statement
advances
Canada war
canal