Appointment and instructions for Edmund Quincy, clerk of ship yard for frigate built at Portsmouth New Hampshire
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Appointment and instructions for Edmund Quincy, clerk of ship yard for frigate built at Portsmouth New Hampshire
Description
From Henry Knox to Jacob Sheaffe Naval Agent at Portsmouth New Hampshire, encloses appointment and instructions for Edmund Quincy, clerk of ship yard at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Also encloses copy of letter from Joshua Humphreys regarding the [scar plank] of the frigate keel.
year created
1794
month created
12
day created
10
author
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
Jacob Sheaff
notable person/group
Jacob Sheaffe
Naval Agent
Edmund Quincy
Clerk of ship yard
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Joshua Humphreys
Naval Constructor
notable location
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
frigate
keel
scar
plank
document number
1794121015055
page start
93
transcription
Jacob Sheaffe Esq [in margin]
letter on file [in margin]
W. D. Dec 10th 1794
Sir,
I enclose you the appointment & instructions for Edmund H. Quincy as Clerk of the yard for the Frigate to be built at Portsmouth and also copy of a letter from Joshua Humphreys the Naval Constructor, dated the 8th instant relatively to the scarpks of the Frigate keel & to which I request you will comform.
letter on file [in margin]
W. D. Dec 10th 1794
Sir,
I enclose you the appointment & instructions for Edmund H. Quincy as Clerk of the yard for the Frigate to be built at Portsmouth and also copy of a letter from Joshua Humphreys the Naval Constructor, dated the 8th instant relatively to the scarpks of the Frigate keel & to which I request you will comform.
Item sets
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:93 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jacob Sheafe | [unknown] | [n/a] |