Naval armament

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Type

Printed Document

Description

The Commissioner of the Revenue discusses in detail the preparation for provisions, materials, supplies, and labor in the naval armament, and the construction of frigates.

Date

12/20/1794

Collection

Document number

1794122090000

Note

Cited in Coxe to Hamilton, 12/22/1794

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
Tench Coxe
Treasury
John Morgan
shipwright
Daniel Stephens
Isaac Holmes
John Habersham
Jedediah Huntington
axemen
carpenters
mastmakers
blockmakers
coopers
boat builders
J.J. Faesch
Henry Jackson
naval agent
Cecil Iron Company
Samuel Hughes
Brown Francis
John Barry
Asa Copeland
wood cutters
John Gardiner
Ephraim Olden
Tench Francis
blacksmith

Notable locations

Boston
Charleston
Savannah
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
New London
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Maryland

Notable items

live oak
cedar
timber
cannon ball
cannon
kentledge
iron ballast
red cedar
pitch pine
frigates
moulds
dollars
vessels
copper
bolts
nails
anchors
white oak
mast
cordage
sail cloth
provisions
oxen
forage
grain
hay
sails