Request for Information on Dimensions of Iron Kentledge [Ballast]
Document 1795Pickering asks that Humphreys inform him of the exact dimensions of the kentledge [scrap metal ballast] already received for use on the new frigates, that more may be contracted for.
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[Docket: Letter from the Secretary at War 1795]
[Address: Mr Joshua Humphreys]
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Mr Humphreys will be so obliging as to favour me with the dimensions of the iron blocks for the keltledge for the frigates. Were they to be all of one size? Those which have been delivered at New York are very bad; and before their final inspection I must know what were the dimensions of the models furnished to the contractors.
T. Pickering
War Office Aprl 18. 1795.
Mr Joshua Humphreys
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering asks that Humphreys inform him of the exact dimensions of the kentledge [scrap metal ballast] already received for use on the new frigates, that more may be contracted for.
Date
04/18/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795041800001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
War Office
New York
Notable items
dimensions
kentledge
scrap metal ballast
frigates