Type

Letterbook

Title

Discharge of the workers at Norfolk ship yard

Description

Yards to north to be supplied with live oak timber first. Mr Morgan remains in Georgia overseeing timber harvest business; will remain so until supply of frigates is finished. As such, when the keel is properly covered from weather, order the workmen to be discharged.

year created

1795

month created

10

day created

08

author

Timothy Pickering

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

William Pennock

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 department.

recipient note

William Pennock

notable person/group

William Pennock
Naval constructor
Josiah Fox
John Morgan
Naval Agent
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
War Department
War Office
ship yard workers

notable location

Georgia
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Gosport
War Office
Virginia

notable item/thing

live oak
keel
frigate
timber

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
USS Chesapeake
Naval Act 1794

document number

1795100815155

page start

132
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