Letter from the War Office to Captain James Sever
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter from the War Office to Captain James Sever
Description
Discusses the procedure of using salt water and dry salt to preserve ship timbers. Arrival of copper expected shortly. Discussion on the sending of the wrong sized copper bolts. Sever's pay will be remitted without delay.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
14
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department
recipient note
James Sever.
notable person/group
Captain James Sever
James Hackett
Timothy Pickering
Superintendent
Naval constructor
Joshua Humphreys
Mr Sheaff
Sheaffe
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
New York
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
white oak timber
salt water
frigate
beams
copper
dry salt
auger
auger holes
pay
USS Congress
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
preservation of frigate timbers
document number
1795051415355
page start
113
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 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:113 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain James Sever | [unknown] | [n/a] |