Letter from the War Office informing of compensation for care of timber at Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the War Office informing of compensation for care of timber at Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard

Description

Edmund Quincy to receive $400 compensation per year for taking care of timber and materials at ship yard Portsmouth New Hampshire. Quincy to exercise care in protection of materials from the weather and providing security. No removal or materials from ship yard without orders from Secretary of War.

year created

1797

month created

01

day created

17

secondary author

James McHenry

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

Edmund H. Quincy

sent to location

Portsmouth New Hampshire

in 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)

in image

ZXA06

author note

No Signature, from War Office

recipient note

E.D. Quincey

notable person/group

Edmund Quincey
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department

notable location

War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Philadelphia
ship yard

notable item/thing

timber
materials
frigate

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1797011715155

page start

213

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[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:213

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Edmund H. Quincy Portsmouth New Hampshire [n/a]