Regarding the Storage of a Supply of Handspikes
Document 1795Refers to a problem with storing handspikes -- if they cannot be stored at the shipyard, Pickering notes that placement in the common storage would cost more than the entire cost of the handspikes. Appended is a list of some measurements or values for the forward [before] and aft [abaft] sections of a ship.
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Refers to a problem with storing handspikes -- if they cannot be stored at the shipyard, Pickering notes that placement in the common storage would cost more than the entire cost of the handspikes. Appended is a list of some measurements or values for the forward [before] and aft [abaft] sections of a ship.
Date
05/11/1795
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Recipient
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War Office
Collection
Document number
1795051100101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
handspikes
storage
measurements
ship