Type

Letterbook

Title

Instructions for Naval Agent Jeremiah Yellot at Baltimore

Description

Knox forwards instructions to Naval Agent Jeremiah Yellot. Notes that Secretary of Treasury will forward instructions on purchase of articles. Asks if a master builder with sufficient skill can be obtained at Baltimore. Describes pay scale between $1400 and $2000 per year.

year created

1794

month created

07

day created

16

author

Henry Knox

sent from location

War Department

recipient

Jeremiah Yellot

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

Henry Knox

recipient note

Jeremiah Yellot.

notable person/group

Jeremiah Yellot
Henry Knox
master builder
constructor
War Deparment
Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton

notable location

War Department
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Maryland

notable idea/issue

Naval Agents
Frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1794071600155

page start

39
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