Regarding deviations from frigate design, transom, live oak

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Letter from Secretary of War Pickering, discusses alternations in frigate design at New York. Discusses requisiton of live oak intended for the wing transom. Discusses whether it is fit for this purpose.

Date

04/14/1795

Author

Timothy Pickering

Recipient

Forman Cheesman

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

1795041415055

Page start

104

Notable persons

Forman Cheesman
Clerk of Navy Yard New York
Naval Constructor
John Blagge
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Naval Agent
Joshua Humphreys
Mr Francis
US Navy
Purveyor

Notable locations

Philadelphia
New York
War Office
War Department

Notable items

frigate
timber
transom
wing transom
live oak