Commandant Samuel L. Breese Letter 5 July 1852
Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
July 5 1852
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communications of the 2nd inst. and in explanation of the cause why the work was suspended on the Magazine before all the funds applicable to that object had been expanded beg leave to call the attention of the Bureau to the accompanying letter from Commander Cunningham. The instruction to that officer were given by my predecessor under the authority contained in the letters from the Bureau of 11th & 23rd March Utso, I presume.
The bricks yet to be delivered under the contract with Pendergrart, if received for the magazine will absorb in their payment considerably more than the balance to credit of that object Viz. $2422.47 and consequently there would be none applicable to the payment for labor upon it. As nothing will be gained by resuming work at Fort Norfolk before I can again hear from the Bureau I have concluded to await your further instructions for my government in receiving materials for, and expanding labor upon the Magazine. In accordance with instructions from the Bureau of the 30th utso. I have directed Mr. Pendergart to deliver the remainder of his brick at the at the yard, it is not too late to counterman that order and cause them to be delivered at Fort Norfolk. The payment of which I would again remark will more than absorb the whole amount of money available for the Magazine and leave none for labor.
I am Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Sam. L. Breese
Captain
Comm Joseph Smith
Chief of the Bureau of Yards & Docks
Washington
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Letters Recieved from Commandants of Navy Yards -- Norfolk
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