Report respecting frigate construction

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Type

Printed Document

Description

Report on the progress of constructing the Frigates authorized by Congress by the Act to Provide a Naval Armament.

Date

12/27/1794

Author

Henry Knox

Recipient

Congress of the United States

Sent from

Department of War

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of War Relating to Procurement of Supplies (Order Books), Nov 12, 1800-Dec 31, 1889. (RG107) (M127)

Document number

1794122715055

Page start

36

Note

Enclosed in a letter (on page 36) from James McHenry, Secretary at War, to Chairman of the Committee for Naval Armament, dated 1 May 1798.

Notable persons

Congress
Henry Knox
President Washington
commissioner of Revenue
Joshua Humphreys
captains of frigates
Secretary of Treasury
agents

Notable locations

Department of War
Boston
Portsmouth New Hampshire
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Baltimore
Portsmouth Virginia

Notable items

live oak
cedar
white oak
pitch pine
locust
contracts
brass howitzers
flax
hemp
cannon
frigate