Letter Describing Timber Types & Cuts for Frigate Construction & the Merits of Oak and Red Cedar
Document 1795Letter, describes timber cuts regarding Frigate construction. There is difficulty in procuring the top timbers of red cedar. The top timbers and half timbers that form the sides of the ports should be of oak.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, describes timber cuts regarding Frigate construction. There is difficulty in procuring the top timbers of red cedar. The top timbers and half timbers that form the sides of the ports should be of oak.
Date
05/16/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795051640201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Joshua Humphreys
John Stagg
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
top timbers
red cedar
whole length
half timbers
oak
wake of the chain
top timbers forward'and aft
amidships
futtocks
builders
36 gun frigates
taken from the draft
fixing the cuts of the timbers
rigular plan
heads of the third futtock
port sills
44 gun frigates
frigate construction