Request to send the vessel laden with live oak to Philadelphia with utmost dispatch
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to send the vessel laden with live oak to Philadelphia with utmost dispatch
Description
Understanding that schooner laden with live oak from Georgia is arriving in New York, request that Captain of vessel proceed with cargo to Philadelphia with utmost dispatch. without unloading cargo at New York.
year created
1796
month created
05
day created
23
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
New York
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
John Blagge.
notable person/group
John Blagge
Naval Constructor
naval Agent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
notable location
New York
War Office
Philadelphia
Georgia
notable item/thing
frigate
vessel
timber
live oak
schooner
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796052315055
page start
169
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:169. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Blagge | New York | [n/a] |