Historic Fort Norfolk Logo

Commandant Thomas Dornin Letter 8 November 1858

Commandants Office
Navy Yard Gosport
November 8th 1858

Sir,
I hearwith transmit, Purser Dunn’s Requisition for the sum of twenty seven thousand dollars on the following heads of appropriations to wit.
Navy yard improvement $16,000
Superintendent $1000
Hospital $1000
Magazine $5000
Contingent $4000
$27,000

Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Thomas A. Dornin
Commandant

Commodore Joseph Smith
Chief of the Bureau of Yards & Docks
Washington D. C.

Fort Norfolk Documents

1776, 1777, 1779,

1782, 1783, 1789,

1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799,

1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809,

1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819

1820,

1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849,

1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859

1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869

1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879

1880,

Source of Information

National Archives, Record Group 71 Bureau of Yards and Docks

Letters Recieved from Commandants of Navy Yards -- Norfolk

Jan 1 1858 - March 31 1859

Box No. 159A, Entry 5