Use in the Fortifications and On Shipboaard
Document 1795Pickering expresses his disappointment that Mr. Francis declined receiving the ash [?] which could have been used in the fortifications as well as on ship board for working the great guns. He is apprehensive about receiving them in the public stores where they will take up more room than they are worth.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering expresses his disappointment that Mr. Francis declined receiving the ash [?] which could have been used in the fortifications as well as on ship board for working the great guns. He is apprehensive about receiving them in the public stores where they will take up more room than they are worth.
Date
05/11/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795051100201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Timothy Pickering
[David] Humphreys
[Tench] Francis
Notable locations
War Office
Doubty's Wharf
Notable items
Navy Yard
sample of ash
wood growing in the forest
fortifications
ship board
great guns
public stores
roof
Doubty's Wharf
hewed square