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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03939 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | Report of the Continental Navy Board to John Hancock and Robert Morris |
| Date | August 1777 |
| Author | Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) |
| Additional authors | Nixon, John (1733-1808); Wharton, John (fl. 1777-1780) |
| Recipient | Hancock, John Morris, Robert |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | Possibly written at Philadelphia. Hopkinson, John Nixon, and John Wharton submit a Continental Navy Board report to Congress. The Board designates a sum paid to "officers and Men on Board every Fire Ship in the River Delaware & Co the officers and Crew of any Chain of Fire Rafts which shall actually set on Fire & destroy any one of the Enemy's Ships of War ... " States that $2000 shall be divided in the following manner: $500 to the captain, $300 to the lieutenant, and the remainder equally divided among the crew. |
| Subjects | Navy Maritime Finance Soldier's Pay Military History Continental Congress Congress |
| People | Hancock, John (1737-1793) Morris, Robert (1734-1806) Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) Nixon, John (1733-1808) Wharton, John (fl. 1774-1780) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |