Request for canvas bolts and anchors for USS Constellation at Baltimore
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for canvas bolts and anchors for USS Constellation at Baltimore
Description
Request that naval agent Henry Jackson send American made canvas bolts and small anchors to Samuel and Joseph Sterret, naval agents at Baltimore for the USS Constellation. Expresses desire that all sails for frigates be American made. Will order remainder of kentledge and copper for the pintles of braces, and fire engines for USS Constitution. Hemp will be delivered to replace that destroyed by fire last February.
year created
1797
month created
05
day created
23
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Henry Jackson
notable person/group
Henry Jackson
naval agent
Joseph Sterret
Samuel Sterret
Joseph Anthony
notable location
War Office
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
USS Constellation
anchors
canvas bolts
USS Constitution
fire engine
patent pump
kentledge
copper
kintles
patent
hemp
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797052315055
page start
234
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:234 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Jackson | [unknown] | [n/a] |