Requests Information for Jacob Sheafe for Frigate Construction

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Encloses extract of letter from Jacob Sheafe, a naval agent at Portsmouth, relating to the construction of a frigate. Requests that the information Sheafe seeks come to him via the War Department.

Date

12/05/1794

Author

Tench Coxe

Recipient

Henry Knox

Sent from

Revenue Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74)

Document number

1794120540101

Page start

1

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Tench Coxe
Jacob Sheafe
Naval Agent
commissioner of revenue

Notable locations

Treasury Department
Revenue Office
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
War Department

Notable items

frigate construction
Frigate Congress