Types of Wood Used to Build Ships
Document 1795Notification of travel for the acquisition of cedar down Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore or Hog's Island. If no cedar is found, authorization of Sec. of War to use live oak.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Notification of travel for the acquisition of cedar down Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore or Hog's Island. If no cedar is found, authorization of Sec. of War to use live oak.
Date
10/08/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Baltimore
Document number
1795100815001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Thomas Truxton
Secretary of War
Pickering
Notable locations
Baltimore
Hog's Island
Georgia
west river
Chesapeake
Notable items
cedar
live oak
timber
frigate
ships
white oak