Letter to Naval Constructor George Claghorne on Construction of Frigate Keel

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Clerk John Stagg on behalf on late Secretary of War Henry Knox. Knox consulted with Joshua Humphreys and the later has no objections to the frigate keel, but no alterations made in the dimensions of timber. Compensation $2000 per year.

Date

01/03/1795

Author

John Stagg

Recipient

George Claghorn

Sent from

War Department

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To

Document number

1795010321155

Page start

95

Notable persons

George Claghorne
John Stagg
George Claghorn
Naval Constructor
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Joshua Humphreys
contrsuctors

Notable locations

War Department
Philadelphia
Boston
Massachusetts

Notable items

construction
alterations
compensation
frigate
keel
timber