Extract of Letter from Mr Charles Vaughn on the price of white oak for planking at Boston

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Type

Extract of Letter

Description

Knox forwards an extract of a letter from Mr Charles Vaughn providing estimate of the price of oak plank at Boston. Refers to a source at Kennebec, presumably the river in Maine.

Date

07/05/1794

Author

Henry Knox

Recipient

Tench Coxe

Sent from

War Department

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

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

Document number

1794070500255

Page start

37

Notable persons

Tench Coxe
Henry Knox
Charles Vaughn
Secretary of War
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
US Navy

Notable locations

War Department
Philadelphia
Department of War
War Office
Department of Treasury
Boston
Massachusetts
Kennebec River
Maine

Notable items

oak plank
frigates
timber
freight