Description of Lumber in Former Navy Yard
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Description of Lumber in Former Navy Yard
Description
Letter, discusses lumber in former Navy yard.
short description
Ltr, dis lumber in former Navy yard.
year created
1797
month created
03
day created
05
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Josiah Fox
Foreman Cheeseman
Secretary of War
notable location
New York
wharf
Navy yard
notable item/thing
plank
pieces
lumber
notable phrase
first day of November
term of six years
wharf
about one half of the plank
number of four hundred pieces
timber out of the former Navy yard
season
days have lengthened
dollars per annum
write the Secretary of War
useless lumber that I conceive had better be disposed of before we are at the expense of moving it
document number
1797030555001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | BBG10 (2 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Foreman Cheeseman | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |