January 25, 2024
1842 NORFOLK VA LETTER JOHN HASLETT WRITTEN ON BOARD US SHIP PENNSYLVANIA NEAT
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This neat 1842 stampless folded letter was sent by a John Haslett while on board the US ship Pennsylvania which was stationed in Norfolk Virginia. The letter is addressed to his sister who lived on South 3rd Street in Philadelphia. It is very interesting to note that the USS Pennsylvania was authorized in 1816 and finally construction on it started in the Philadelphia Naval Yard in 1822. The ship was the largest class of the US Navy and it was a 120 gun ship. It was finally commissioned in 1837 and it only had a single sea voyage and that was from The Delaware Bay to the Gosport Naval Station on the Elizabeth River across from Norfolk. It served as a receiving ship and when the Confederate Govt attempted to seize the boat in 1861 it was burned to the waterline. In the letter Haslett mentions receiving a letter from his sister and I believe she sent him some silk to use for part of a uniform. The letter is very interesting also in that he describes Norfolk as being very small (in comparison to Philly it is) but he says most of the inhabitants are negroes. Part of the letter reads as follows; You asked me what I had worked with the silk that you sent me & I have not worked anney with it yet for I have Had any nor I don't think till I get in a sea loving ship for I don't know what will be the uniform. there ofr the uniform is very
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