Regarding the freight of the trunnails to Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding the freight of the trunnails to Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard
Description
Captain Thompson is to inform naval constructor James Hackett that the freight of the frigate trunnails must be charged to his debit. Hackett should not object, since the trunnails are expected to arrive safely.
year created
1797
month created
02
day created
28
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Thomas Thompson
notable person/group
Captain Thomas Thompson
James Hackett
naval superintendent
naval constructor
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
notable location
War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
trunnails
frigate
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797022815055
page start
221
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:221 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Thompson | [unknown] | [n/a] |