Requests Information about Timber Costs - Papers of the War Department

Requests Information about Timber Costs

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Requests estimate of prices for timber to build a frigate. Needs to know if the molds have been finished.

Date

05/12/1794

Author

Recipient

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74)

Document number

1794051240101

Page start

1

Note

Addressed to Secretary of War

Notable persons

Henry Knox

Tench Coxe

Joshua Humphreys

War Office

Notable locations

cost

frigate construction

timber

molds

estimate