Accounts of the Frigate as well as a Return

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Accounts of the Frigate as well as a Return

Description

The letter mentions receipt of form for keeping the account of the Frigate. The letter also encloses Quincy's return between December 20th 1794 and April 30th 1795, along with a memo of sundries which had been placed in the yard.

short description

Ltr, men frigate acct; enc rtrn

year created

1795

month created

05

day created

13

sent from location

Portsmouth

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Edmund H Quincy
James Hackett
Jacob Sheafe, naval agent
constructor

notable location

Philadelphia
Portsmouth
yard
Navy Yard

notable item/thing

accounts of the frigate
mail
return
mem of sundries
receipt

notable idea/issue

settlement of accounts
mail
delivery

document number

1795051380001

page start

1

number of pages

2

transcription

[following items appear to be an address centered on the page]
Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
Superintendant of the military & Naval Stores of the United States-
Philadelphia
[following items are written upside-down in the bottom right-hand corner]
Edmund H[?] Quincy
13th May 1795- Rec'd[?] 20-
41
Portsmouth, N.H. May 13th, 1795
Sir,
Your letter of April 15th enclosing a form for keeping the Accounts of the Frigate, I received by Mail- Your favor of the 16th [?] making known to me your further instructions came duely by hand-
Agreeably to the forms received I now enclose you my return commencing Decr. 20 1794 & carried forward to April 30th 1795- together with a memo. of sundries which had been placed in the yard by Jacob Sheafe[?] Esqr. Naval Agent.
I have also enclosed you James Hackett[?] Constructor,s Receipt for articles delivered him by me.-
I am Sir, Respectfully Your most Obedt. Servant
[signed] Edmund H. Quincy
Samuel Hodgdon Esq.

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) YVC03 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological
[view document] (2 pages) YVC03a (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Edmund H. Quincy Portsmouth [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]