Letter to Naval Constructor David Stodder on errors and timber shipment
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter to Naval Constructor David Stodder on errors and timber shipment
Description
Discusses scarph to the ports for 36 gun frigates. Refers to fact that there are differences between 36 and 44 gun frigate designs. Refers to an error that appeared in last letter. List of timbers still wanting will be sent to Georgia. Hope to deliver a supply soon.
year created
1795
month created
10
day created
26
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
War Department
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
Naval Constructor
John Morgan
US Navy
notable location
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Georgia
notable item/thing
44 gun frigate
timbers
scarph
scarf
ports
live oak
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795102615255
page start
138
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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:138 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | David Stodder | [unknown] | [n/a] |