Request for Talbot, Truxton & Humphreys to Submit Proper Dimensions of Masts & Spars for Frigates
Document 1795Letter, asks for dimensions of masts and spars.
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with great [undecipherable]
your obt servant
Timothy Pickering
War Office Septr 30 — 1795
The Secretary of War requests that Captains Barry, Talbot & Truxton now at Philadelphia meet 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 hands, in such form that the same may be transmitted to all the Constructors and Superintendants as their guide.
Timothy Pickering
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, asks for dimensions of masts and spars.
Date
09/30/1795
Author
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795093000201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Captain Barry
Captain Talbot
Captain Truxton
Josiah Humphreys
constructors
superintendants
Notable locations
War Office
Truxton
Philadelphia
Notable items
dimensions
masts
spars
frigates