Letter from the War Office forwarding Joshua Humphreys' review of timber dimensions and type

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Type

Letterbook

Description

War Office forwards Joshua Humphreys' advice to naval constructor George Claghorn regarding timber dimensions and type of wood for frigate constructed at Boston.

Date

08/22/1795

Recipient

George Claghorn

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

1795082215055

Page start

129

Note

see Humphreys to Pickering 21 Aug 1795.

Notable persons

George Claghorn
Claghorne
Joshua Humphries
War Office
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
naval constructor

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Boston

Notable items

frigate
timbers
white oak
pine
USS Constitution