Meeting with Mr King on the matter of reducing copper

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Meeting with Mr King on the matter of reducing copper

Description

Mr King will reduce the large copper. Terms of payment discussed. Mr King can reduce the copper bolts at Baltimore. Discusses how much copper should be forwarded.

year created

1795

month created

04

day created

22

recipient

in image

author note

No signature, from War Department.

recipient note

Tench Francis

notable person/group

Tench Francis
Captain Thomas Truxton
Captain Truxtun
Joshua Humphreys
Naval Constructor
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Mr King
Englishman

notable location

Baltimore
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

copper
copper bolts
pence

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
reducing copper

document number

1795042215055

page start

106

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) ZXA06 (315 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) V:1, P:106

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Tench Francis [unknown] [n/a]