Joshua Humphreys' means of furnishing pitch pine plank for frigates
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Joshua Humphreys' means of furnishing pitch pine plank for frigates
Description
Letter from Joshua Humphreys expressing his means of furnishing pitch pine plank for frigates submitted for consideration.
year created
1795
month created
09
day created
05
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Deapartment.
recipient note
Tench Francis.
notable person/group
Tench Francis
Purveyor
Joshua Humphreys
Naval Constructor
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
War Office
notable location
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
frigate
pitch pine plank
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795090515055
page start
131
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:131 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Francis | [unknown] | [n/a] |