Discussion of Materials for Frigate Construction, Referring to Frigate Constellation at Baltimore
Document 1796Truxton and others at the navy yard in Baltimore responded to the report of the Marine Committee of the US House by sending lists of materials needed for the construction of one 44 gun and one 36 gun frigate. Discusses Fox's complaints about Hodgdon not submitting accounts to the war office. Believes that his white oak will be better than that from New Hampshire. Hopes that the quality of the oak, combined with the readiness of the Baltimore yard, will mean that the frigates will be built in Baltimore and not New Hampshire.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Truxton and others at the navy yard in Baltimore responded to the report of the Marine Committee of the US House by sending lists of materials needed for the construction of one 44 gun and one 36 gun frigate. Discusses Fox's complaints about Hodgdon not submitting accounts to the war office. Believes that his white oak will be better than that from New Hampshire. Hopes that the quality of the oak, combined with the readiness of the Baltimore yard, will mean that the frigates will be built in Baltimore and not New Hampshire.
Date
01/04/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Baltimore
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796010455001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
Captain Thomas Truxtun
clerk of the yard
constructor
agent
marine committee
House of Representatives
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
purveyor of public supplies
Secretary of State
Samuel Hodgdon
General Henry Knox
Garrison
Notable locations
Philadelphia
War Office
Baltimore
New Hamshire
New Hampshire
Georgia
Notable items
report
building
frigates
44 gun frigate
36 gun frigate
statement of the materials received
public supplies
abstract of a letter
accounts
return
complaint
white oak timber
materials
vessel