Enclosed Accounts, Request for Pay for Supervision of Boat Building

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Enclosed Accounts, Request for Pay for Supervision of Boat Building

Description

Secretary of War notified Severs of Act of Congress that suspended the building of 3 out of 6 frigates commissioned. Severs submitted his pay as superintendent of construction, requested it be transmitted through an officer in Boston.

year created

1796

month created

10

day created

29

sent from location

Kingston, Massachusetts

recipient

sent to location

Department of War, Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Sever, 12/26/1796, also in War Office to Sever 01/18/1797

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

William Simmons
James Sever

notable location

Department of War, Philadelphia
Kingston, Massachusetts

document number

1796102970201

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) YYA16 (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) B: 42
[view document] (2 pages) YYA16a (2 pages) Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) B: 42
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Captain James Sever Kingston, Massachusetts [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons Department of War, Philadelphia [n/a]