Regulating the Attendance of Ship Carpenters & Others, Etc.
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Regulating the Attendance of Ship Carpenters & Others, Etc.
Description
Along with the enclosed general returns for the stores at Pittsburgh, Franklin, LeBeouf, and Presqu'isle, Craig discusses a number of accounting and supply matters including a request for a ship's bell to regulate the attendance of carpenters and other employees.
year created
1798
month created
04
day created
13
author
sent from location
Pittsburg
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
notable location
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
galleys
ship bill
carpenters
workmen
stores
account
debit
expenditures
requisitions
estimates
notable phrase
A considerable number of workmen are now employed at the gallies which has added much to the duty of Quarter Master at this post. In order to regulate the attendance of the ship carpenters and others employed I have to request you to send if possible a small ship bill, I presume you have got on in your stores
You will find accompanied by a general return of stores for this post up to the 1st
in my accounts with the late and the present quartermaster general I have credited them and debited you with the amount my several requisitions made on estimates of expenditures and I wish to know if you debit the quarter master general in like manner up to the first of June last
document number
1798041380001
page start
1
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | ZPP05 (3 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B:6 |
| [view document] (3 pages) | ZPP05a (3 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B:6 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Craig | Pittsburg | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |