Request to complete rigging of the frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to complete rigging of the frigate
Description
Request that Captain Nicholson get the rigging of the ship completed. Therefore, Nicholson is charged to find a suitable person for the task of preparing the rigging. Ensure there is no waste. Additionally, cargo of live oak has arrived Portsmouth New Hampshire. Hopes it is at Boston at this time. This live oak should be useful in completing the hull of the frigate.
year created
1796
month created
05
day created
17
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Boston
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Samuel Nicholson
notable person/group
Captain Samuel Nicholson
superintendent
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
notable location
Boston
War Office
War Department
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
rigging
frigate
USS Constitution
cargo
live oak
hull
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796051715155
page start
167
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (315 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:167-168. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Samuel Nicholson | Boston | [n/a] |