On the assignment of Josiah Fox at Norfolk and decision to direct timbers to Baltimore and Philadelphia ship yards
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
On the assignment of Josiah Fox at Norfolk and decision to direct timbers to Baltimore and Philadelphia ship yards
Description
Pickering informs Morgan that his services in Georgia overseeing procurement of timber are indispensable; therefore Josiah Fox is assigned as temporary assistant naval constructor at Norfolk. Also informs of plan to suspend frigate construction at four ports and throw the full quantity of timber at Baltimore and Philadelphia yards. Norfolk will be the last ship yard to resume operations, so that Morgan may resume duties there as constructor.
year created
1795
month created
06
day created
30
author
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department
recipient note
John Morgan
notable person/group
John Morgan
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Naval Constructor
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
naval architect
War Department
notable location
Norfolk Virginia
Saint Simons Georgia
Philadelphia
Baltimore
War Office
notable item/thing
timbers
frigates
USS Chesapeake
notable idea/issue
closing of ship yards
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795073015055
page start
118
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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:117 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Morgan | [unknown] | [n/a] |