On Josiah Fox's letter on laying the keels of frigates and launching

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Humphreys refers to a letter by Josiah Fox from Portsmouth Virginia indicating that neither time nor expense should be spared in laying the keel in the best possible position for launching.

Date

06/22/1795

Author

Joshua Humphreys

Recipient

Timothy Pickering

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

1795062240155

Page start

113

Notable persons

Timothy Pickering
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
naval constructor
War Department
Secretary of War

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Navy Yard Philadelphia
Portsmouth Virginia

Notable items

abaft
blocks
keel
false keel
ways
[quays]