Orders to locate articles related to frigate construction
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Orders to locate articles related to frigate construction
Description
Orders to Josiah Fox to locate certain articles, to include masts, spars, pine planks, white oak planks, pine scantling
year created
1796
month created
07
day created
14
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Josiah Fox.
notable person/group
Josiah Fox
naval constructor
War Department
War Office
navy
James McHenry
Secretary of War
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
masts
spars
pine planks
white oak planks
pine scantling
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796071415055
page start
180
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:180. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | James McHenry |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |