Request to transfer sail duck from Boston to Philadelphia ship yard
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to transfer sail duck from Boston to Philadelphia ship yard
Description
Pickering requests that Henry Jackson, naval agent at Boston ship yard, transfer sail duck cloth by water to Philadelphia care of Tench Francis.
year created
1795
month created
08
day created
17
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
Henry Jackson
notable person/group
Henry Jackson
naval agent
Tench Francis
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
War Office
Purveyor
notable location
Boston
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
duck cloth
frigate
sail duck
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795081715255
page start
129
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 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:129 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Jackson | [unknown] | [n/a] |