Regarding mistakes in the casting of kentledge

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Pickering laments that the kentledge cast by Mr Fauch turned out faulty. Discusses the contract and models and asks that Talbot prepare a detailed examination of the matter and report minutely.

Date

04/17/1795

Author

Timothy Pickering

Recipient

Captain Silas Talbot

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

1795041715155

Page start

106

Notable persons

Captain Silas Talbot
Mr Fauch
Thomas Pickering
Secretary of War
Superintendent frigate construction
US Navy
War Department

Notable locations

Philadelphia
War Department

Notable items

kentledge
ballast
models