Letter from the War Office on schooner failure to deliver oak timbers to Baltimore
Document 1796Pickering notes that it is regrettable that schooner did not deliver its cargo to Baltimore. This deranges business. Timbers may not be appropriate size for 44 gun frigate at Boston. Until further orders, Nicholson is not to use any of this timber.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Pickering notes that it is regrettable that schooner did not deliver its cargo to Baltimore. This deranges business. Timbers may not be appropriate size for 44 gun frigate at Boston. Until further orders, Nicholson is not to use any of this timber.
Date
01/09/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1796011915055
Page start
148
Notable persons
Captain Samuel Nicholson
Timothy Pickering
War Department
General Henry Jackson
naval agent
naval constructor
superintendent
Notable locations
Boston
War Office
Baltimore
Notable items
schooner
cargo
oak
timbers
USS Constellation
USS Constitution
frigate