Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Constructors and Superintendents on mast and spar of frigates
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Constructors and Superintendents on mast and spar of frigates
Description
Pickering announces that the naval constructor and captain [superintendent] will have liberty to mast and spar their own ship according to the best of their judgments.
year created
1796
month created
01
day created
25
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
secondary recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
notable person/group
naval constructor
naval superintendent
Captain Dale
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
mast
spar
bowsprit
mastheads
yard arms
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796012515055
page start
154
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:154. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Constructors of the Frigates | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Superintendents of frigates | [unknown] | [n/a] |