Questions about Wood used in Ship Building
Document 1794Requests note about pitch pine beams for the lower deck of a ship built in Philadelphia. Notes dimensions furnished by the War Department with reference only to oak beams for ships built in places other than Philadelphia.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Requests note about pitch pine beams for the lower deck of a ship built in Philadelphia. Notes dimensions furnished by the War Department with reference only to oak beams for ships built in places other than Philadelphia.
Date
11/20/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Revenue Office
Document number
1794112040101
Page start
1
Note
Addressed to the Secretary of War
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Tench Coxe
Secretary of War
Treasury Department
Notable locations
Revenue Office
Philadelphia
War Department
Notable items
pitch pine beams
dimensions
oak beams
frigate construction
deck
lower deck
ship
beams
pine