On the manner of securing floor timbers to the frigate keel using copper bolts

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

On the manner of securing floor timbers to the frigate keel using copper bolts

Description

Discusses methods of securing floor timbers to the keel with large copper bolts.

year created

1796

month created

03

day created

01

secondary author

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

Baltimore

in image

author note

No signature, from War Office.

recipient note

David Stodder.

notable person/group

David Stodder
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
Naval constructor

notable location

Baltimore
War Office
Baltimore ship yard

notable item/thing

timber
floor timber
copper bolts
keel
fullock
dead wood
cross chock
USS Constellation

document number

1796030115155

page start

158

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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:158.

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author War Office Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient David Stodder Baltimore [n/a]