Request for information on expenditures for frigates Constitution, Constellation and United States

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Request for information on expenditures for frigates Constitution, Constellation and United States

Description

Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor, requests to know what sum of $60,000 was spent on the frigates Constitution, Constellation and United States.

year created

1797

month created

12

day created

05

secondary author

War Office

sent from location

Philadelphia

in 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)

in image

ZXA06

author note

James McHenry

recipient note

Mr. Govett

notable person/group

Mr. Govett
Josiah Fox
Navy Constructor
Treasury Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
purveyor
Tench Francis

notable location

War Office
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Treasury Department

notable item/thing

frigates
Constitution
Constellation, United States
expenditures

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1797120500456

page start

282

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[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:279

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author War Office Philadelphia [n/a]