Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Agents Ordering a Stop to the Reduction of Copper Bolts
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Agents Ordering a Stop to the Reduction of Copper Bolts
Description
Pickering orders that the reducing of copper bolts be stopped. He asks for an accounting of copper bolt reduction in the past from the respective naval agents.
year created
1796
month created
02
day created
02
author
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
notable person/group
Naval Agents
Jacob Schaffe
John Blagee
William Pennock
Joseph Sterrett.
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Norfolk
Portsmouth New Hampshire
New York
War Department
notable item/thing
copper bolts
smaller size
account
number of feet
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796020215055
page start
155
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:155. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Department | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Naval Agents for frigate construction | [unknown] | [n/a] |