Design specifications for 44 gun frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Design specifications for 44 gun frigate
Description
Designs and calculations for the construction of 44 gun frigates.
year created
1795
month created
11
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
secondary recipient
in image
note
Statement regarding 44-gun frigates
created note
Date derived from location in the letterbook. Document presumed to be from Joshua Humphreys for constructors of 44 gun frigates.
notable person/group
Joshua Humphreys
War Office
Secretary of War
US Navy
notable location
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
frigate
44 gun frigate
scuppers
airports
futtocks
timber
scarph
scarf
port
port cell
cedar
beams
gudgeons
draught
oak
timber head
gundeck
stanchions
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795119916456
page start
142
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 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:141 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Presumably Joshua Humphreys |
| Recipient | Constructors of the Frigates | [unknown] | 44 gun frigates |