Request for dimensions of masts and spars of 36 gun frigate

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Knox requests that Captain Truxton provide the exact dimensions of the masts and spars of the 36 gun frigate.

Date

07/17/1794

Author

Henry Knox

Recipient

Captain Thomas Truxtun

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

1794071700255

Page start

40

Notable persons

Captain Thomas Truxton
Henry Knox
Truxtun
War Department
US Navy
USS Constellation
Silas Talbot

Notable locations

War Department
Philadelphia
Baltimore Maryland

Notable items

masts
spars
36 gun frigate
USS Constellation