Circular Letter from the War Office to the Constructors of 44-gun Frigates on use of copper bolts
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Circular Letter from the War Office to the Constructors of 44-gun Frigates on use of copper bolts
Description
Pickering informs the naval constructors of 44 gun frigates that lower fullocks to the floor timbers to be secured with copper bolts instead of iron; and lower bolts of the middle fullocks will also be of copper. Copper bolts to be nearest in size to those ordered of iron.
year created
1796
month created
02
day created
12
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
secondary recipient
in image
note
Note on top left of document states that the circular letters were not forwarded
author note
No signature, from War Office.
notable person/group
naval constructors
War Department
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Navy
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
timber
fullock
afterbody
forebody
copper
iron
copper bolts
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796021215155
page start
156
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:156. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Constructors of the Frigates | [unknown] | [n/a] |