Letter from Henry Knox to Tench Coxe on sizes of beams and the issue of pine or oak
Document 1794Letter from Henry Knox to Tench Coxe on sizes of beams; lower and gun decks to be of white oak. Knox withdraws his objection to Joshua Humphreys and Captain Barry on the use of pine for beams for the 44 gun ship to be built in Philadelphia.
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Letterbook
Description
Letter from Henry Knox to Tench Coxe on sizes of beams; lower and gun decks to be of white oak. Knox withdraws his objection to Joshua Humphreys and Captain Barry on the use of pine for beams for the 44 gun ship to be built in Philadelphia.
Date
10/22/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794102270055
Page start
86
Notable persons
Tench Coxe
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
War Department
Captain John Barry
Joshua Humphreys
Notable locations
Philadelphia
War Department
Notable items
white oak
pine
beams
frigate
44 gun frigate
lower deck
gun deck
USS United States