Direction for Frigate Mast & Spar Dimensions to Be Discussed
Document 1795Letter, directs conference re mast & spar dimensions for Frigates.
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[Docket notation:]
Secy of War
requesting Capt.s
Barry Truxton and [undecipherable]
Talbot. with mr Hump[hreys]
to mak[e] report on the
frigates Masts —
Sept. 30. 1795.
[Marginalia, left panel, largely illegible: undecipherable numerals and figures]
War Office Sept. 30. 1795.
The Secretary of War requests the Captains Barry, Talbot & Truxton now at Philadelphia, with Mr Humphreys the Constructor, to consult together on the proper dimensions of the masts and spars for the frigates, and report their opinion under their hand, in such form that the same may be transmitted to all the Constructors and Superintendants as their guide.
Timothy Pickering
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Letter, directs conference re mast & spar dimensions for Frigates.
Date
09/30/1795
Author
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795093000101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
Captain [John] Barry
Captain [Silas] Talbot
Captain [Thomas] Truxton
[Joshua] Humphreys
constructors
superintendants
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Notable items
masts
spar
dimensions
frigates