Request to deliver frigate timber to George Claghorn at Boston
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to deliver frigate timber to George Claghorn at Boston
Description
Request that Forman Cheeseman, constructor at New York, provide frigate timber as required to George Claghorn at Boston.
year created
1796
month created
09
day created
19
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Forman Cheeseman
notable person/group
Forman Cheeseman
George Claghorn
naval constructor
War Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Office
Navy
notable location
War Office
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
War Department
notable item/thing
frigate timber
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796091915155
page start
189
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:189. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Foreman Cheeseman | [unknown] | [n/a] |