Frigate Pumps
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Frigate Pumps
Description
McHenry informs Wolcott that Captain Barry, Captain Truxton, and Joshua Humphreys think that a patent pump is preferable to chain pumps and asks for an order of six of them.
year created
1796
month created
12
day created
19
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
no signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Oliver Wolcott
notable person/group
Oliver Wolcott
James McHenry
Captain John Barry
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Joshua Humphreys
Burke
Bush
Secretary of the Treasury
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
frigate
patent pump
chain pump
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796121915155
page start
198
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:198 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Oliver Wolcott, Jr. | [unknown] | [n/a] |