Hiring a Cooper to Make Casks
Document 1787Price has found a cooper who is well recommended and will work at West Point on the following terms: pay to be either 5 pounds 10 shillings per month and half rations or 16 pence per casks and half rations. Price cannot estimate the total amount this will cost because the number of casks needed is unknown. They may need a cooper in the summer as well, so Price thinks it best to pay him the monthly rate.
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Letterbook
Description
Price has found a cooper who is well recommended and will work at West Point on the following terms: pay to be either 5 pounds 10 shillings per month and half rations or 16 pence per casks and half rations. Price cannot estimate the total amount this will cost because the number of casks needed is unknown. They may need a cooper in the summer as well, so Price thinks it best to pay him the monthly rate.
Date
03/20/1787
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Collection
Document number
1787032040001
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Notable persons
William Price
Henry Knox
cooper
Notable items
good recommendation
work
terms
half rations
casks
exact sum
old stuff
powder
summer
season
hire