Request for Advice on the Cutting of Planks for a Frigate [Chesapeake]
Document 1795Requests Humphrey's opinion on the current building of the frigate at Norfolk [the Chesapeake], and the dimensions of the planks being cut for her construction.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requests Humphrey's opinion on the current building of the frigate at Norfolk [the Chesapeake], and the dimensions of the planks being cut for her construction.
Date
10/28/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795102815001
Page start
1
Note
Copy sent to William Pennock.
3 COLLECTIONS: the 2d and 3d collections partially duplicate the first.
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
Notable locations
Southwark
War Office
Norfolk
Chesapeake
Notable items
frigate
planks