Employment of Thomas Rouse as Quarter Man on Frigate to be built at Baltimore

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Employment of Thomas Rouse as Quarter Man on Frigate to be built at Baltimore

Description

Knox informs Captain Thomas Truxton that he will employ Thomas Rouse as a quarter man on the frigate to be built at Baltimore for $2 per day.

year created

1794

month created

11

day created

03

author

sent from location

War Department

in image

author note

No signature, from War Department.

recipient note

Thomas Truxton

notable person/group

Captain Thomas Truxton
Thomas Rouse
Quarter Man
Truxton
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
War Department
US Navy
USS Constellation

notable location

War Department
Baltimore
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

frigate

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1794110315155

page start

90

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 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:90

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient Captain Thomas Truxtun [unknown] [n/a]