Report on the State of Naval Equipment and Frigate Construction to House Committee
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Report on the State of Naval Equipment and Frigate Construction to House Committee
Description
Estimate is signed by Humphreys, Francis, Truxton and Fox. Exclusive of men and provisions, estimate $453,272 to complete six frigates. Estimate $120 per ton. Quantities listed as most essential and already delivered and what is deficient, by locations of the six ship yards: Philadelphia; New York; Boston; Norfolk; Baltimore; Portsmouth New Hampshire;
year created
1796
month created
01
day created
13
author
secondary author
recipient
in image
note
Comprises documents No. 1-5
author note
Tench Francis, Thomas Truxton, Joshua Humphreys, Josiah Fox.
recipient note
Report to the House of Representatives.
notable person/group
Tench Francis
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
House of Representatives
Committee
carpenters
minister
naval agents
agents
purveyors
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
constructor
clerk
notable location
England
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Norfolk
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Baltimore
Europe
James River
notable item/thing
report
naval equipment
frigate
actual cost
ordnance
ordnance stores
powder
provisions
tonnage
account of monies
44 gun frigate
36 gun frigate
copper
materials
delivered
wanting
white oak timber
beams
white oak plank
castings
ledges
cables
live oak
frame
like oak knees
cedar
gun deck beams
upper deck beams
lower deck beams
deck beams
plank
pitch pine plank
carlengs
ledges
heel
locust trennails
trennel
treenail
iron
sheathing
bottom
nails
stores
estimate
contracts
public stores
ship
vessels
notable idea/issue
frigate costs
frigate construction
congressional oversight on frigate costs
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796011337055
page start
149
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 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:149-153 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Tench Francis | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Author | Captain Thomas Truxtun | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Author | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Author | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Parker | [unknown] | [n/a] |