Requests Information about Timber Costs
Document 1794Requests estimate of prices for timber to build a frigate. Needs to know if the molds have been finished.
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May 12th 1794
Mr Coxe presents his Compliments to the Secretary of War & requests he will do him the honor to direct a copy of the estimate of the prices of the timber for building a Frigate furnished by Mr Jo Humphreys to be made and sent to this Office — and that he will be pleased to let him know whether the models are finished
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
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