Josiah Fox
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Advice Regarding Forwarded Letter
05/20/1797 Letterbook CopyLetter, advises regarding forwarded letter and enclosures.
Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers
Accounts of war materials delivered to James Hackett at Portsmouth New Hampshire
08/10/1797 LetterbookAccounts of war materials delivered to James Hackett at Portsmouth New Hampshire and at the navy yard, for which Captain Thomas Thompson has transmitted receipts.
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Account of timber, plank, trunnails delivered James Hackett and public yards at New York and Portsmouth New Hampshire
05/30/1797 LetterbookJosiah Fox, Navy Constructor at War Department, provides accounts for building materials delivered to naval constructor James Hackett, and used at the Navy Yards in New York and Portsmouth New …
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11/06/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Samuel and Joseph Sterrett to Fox, 12/08/1797.
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11/02/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Jackson to Fox, 11/16/1797.
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07/24/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Humphreys to Fox, 07/25/1797.
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07/17/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Cheeseman to Fox, 07/23/1797.
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03/01/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION Only. Cited in Cheeseman to Fox, 03/05/1797.
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01/17/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION only. Cited in Cheeseman to Fox, 01/23/1797.
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Update on Delivery to Constellation
05/26/1798 LetterbookFox wrote on behalf of Sec. of War who inquired into the progress Harris made regarding the delivery of supplies to S. Hodgdon that will be transported to the frigate Constellation.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
To What Extent Has This Order been Complied With
06/02/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is a list of military stores that have been ordered to Boston. Fox wants to know the extent to which this order has been complied with.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Request for Information on Weekly Rations
01/09/1798 Letterbook CopyLetter, asks for estimate of the weekly ration; mentions Naval Department.
Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers
Regarding the service of Isaac Garretson as clerk at navy yard Baltimore
05/13/1798 LetterbookJosiah Fox informs William Simmons that according to files from Office of Intendent of Naval and Military Stores, Issac Garretson commenced service as clerk of ship yard Baltimore on June 1795 to May …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Regarding request for bilge way and plank for launching of frigate for Dey of Algiers
03/01/1798 LetterbookMr. Bowers has requested bilge way and plank for launching of frigate for Dey of Algiers. Secretary of War approves on condition that upon receipt items used are free of injury.
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Regarding Funds for Navy Department & Frigate Constitution, Coppering of Frigates
01/24/1798 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, discusses funds for frigate Constitution; asks for list of funds owed for Naval department; mentions coppering Frigates.
Josiah Fox Papers
Patterns for Stools for Grape Shot
02/14/1798 Letterbook CopyHodgdon is asked to furnish Tench Francis with patterns for stools for grape shot for 12 and 24 pounders at his earliest convenience so they can be cast immediately.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
Memorandium Regarding Ship Construction
12/1798 Letterbook CopyMemorandum, discusses the construction and equipping Frigate Chesapeake at Portsmouth, Va.
Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers- No image
Letter Citation
03/20/1798 Cited letter or documentCited in Jackson to Fox, 04/03/1798. Letter, encloses estimate of materials & apparatus at Boston Navy yard; alludes to Navy Department.
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Letter Citation
02/06/1798 Cited letter or documentCited in Hackett to Fox, 02/26/1798. Letter, encloses estimate to build ship; discusses request for information; mentions shipbuilding at Portsmouth.
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Estimate of Building, Rigging and Equipping three Ships of War to carry 22, 20 and 16 guns together with the cost of Manning and victualling the same for 12 months.
03/29/1798 Contemporaneous or Certified Copy (made for information of action)Document, estimate for building, rigging and equipping three ships of war to carry 22, 20 and 16 guns, and of the cost of manning and victualling the same for 12 months.
Uselma Clarke Smith Collection #1378D
Delivering a Letter to Richard Peters
07/09/1798 Autograph Letter SignedThe Secretary of the Navy has a letter to be delivered to Richard Peters who lives on the other side of Schuykill. Hodgdon is to provide a man and horse for that purpose as soon as it is convenient.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Compliance with Orders for Military Stores
06/02/1798 Letterbook CopyFox encloses a list of military stores that have been ordered to Boston. He wants Hodgdon to inform him of the extent to which these orders have been filled.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
Available Materials for the Frigate "Constellation"
02/12/1798 Letterbook CopyHodgdon is asked to furnish a statement of the articles available from the public store from the following list that can be furnished for the frigate "Constellation": powder horns, match stuff, port …
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
