Request to ship live oak from Portsmouth ship yard to Boston for frigate construction
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to ship live oak from Portsmouth ship yard to Boston for frigate construction
Description
McHenry requests that naval agent Sheaffe ship live oak timbers from Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard to Boston for frigate construction.
year created
1796
month created
09
day created
01
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Jacob Sheafe
notable person/group
Jacob Sheafe
naval agent
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
notable location
War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Philadelphia
navy yard
notable item/thing
live oak timbers
frigate
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796090115355
page start
184
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:184. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jacob Sheafe | [unknown] | [n/a] |