Letter from the War Office on Stoddert's model for a scarph [scarf]
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter from the War Office on Stoddert's model for a scarph [scarf]
Description
Makes mention of Joshua Humphreys and Stodder's model of a scarph, [scarf], which Stodder believes is an improvement. Asks that Stodder send a model or drawing to War Office.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
21
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
David Stodder
notable person/group
David Stodder
Joshua Humphreys
War Office
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Naval constructor
notable location
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Maryland
notable item/thing
scarph
scarf
overlapping timbers
model
drawing
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
frigate design
document number
1795052115055
page start
110
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (315 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:110 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | David Stodder | [unknown] | [n/a] |