Regarding request to send foreman to Georgia to superintend cutting of timber; on the negroes as less expensive workers
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding request to send foreman to Georgia to superintend cutting of timber; on the negroes as less expensive workers
Description
Hackett wants to send his foreman from New Hampshire to to superintend the cutting of timbers in Georgia. Pickering points out the the negroes in Georgia would be cheaper to pay than the men from Portsmouth New Hampshire. John Morgan reports that the work or the negro axemen is satisfactory. Expects required timber to be furnished by winter;
year created
1795
month created
11
day created
04
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
note
References using "Negroes" as axemen, good workmen that can be obtained at "a vastly cheaper rate."
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
James Hackett.
notable person/group
James Hackett
Negroes
Joshua Humphreys
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Naval Constructor
David Stodder
notable location
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Georgia
Philadelphia
War Office
Baltimore
notable item/thing
timber
36 gun frigate
mould
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
negroes as timber cutters in Georgia
document number
1795110415055
page start
139
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:139 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Colonel James Hackett | [unknown] | [n/a] |