| Date |
November 21, 1794 |
| Author Name |
Captain Thomas Truxtun (primary) |
| Recipient Name |
Josiah Fox (primary) |
| Summary |
Letter, discusses masts re draft of 44 gun Frigate; mentions India cloth; asks for draft to scale. |
| Document Format |
Letterbook Copy |
| Document Notes |
The author's address is "next door, below the Golden Swan, North Third Street". |
| Content Notes |
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| Related Persons/Groups |
Josiah Fox; Thomas Truxton; Thomas Truxtun; Navy; constructor; ; |
| Related Places |
India; next door, below the Golden Swan, North Third Street; Philadelphia; ; |
| Keywords |
placing the masts in the small draught of an American 44 gun frigate; attend to the following rule; bowsprit to sleeve up 14 inches to every yard in length; fore mast; main mast; mizzen mast; take pains with this draft and attend to the above directions and draw the draft complete with all the sails set by the wind; main stay sail; main top mast stay sail; middle stay sail; top mast stay sails; mizzen stay sail; mizzen top mast stay sail; mizzen the main sail; fore sail; tops sails; top gallant sails; need not draw the royals; attend to the dimension here inclosed of all the spars; make you a present of a handsome piece of india cloth for your wife; frigate construction; ; |
| Key Phrases |
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