Request to find a clerk for empoyment at Baltimore ship yard
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to find a clerk for empoyment at Baltimore ship yard
Description
Knox asks that Captain Truxton endeavor to find a clerk for the ship yard at Baltimore. Clerk should act in accordance with instructions enclosed. Salary at $750 per year.
year created
1794
month created
08
day created
07
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in image
author note
Henry Knox
recipient note
Thomas Truxton
notable person/group
Captain Thomas Truxton
Henry Knox
clerk of ship yard
Truxtun
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Maryland
notable item/thing
USS Constellation
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Navy Act 1794
document number
1794080700355
page start
48
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZXA06 (315 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) | V:1, P:48 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Truxtun | [unknown] | [n/a] |