Circular to the Naval Constructors and Superintendents
Document 1796Circular from Secretary Pickering to the Naval Constructors and Superintendents. Pickering recommends that because of such varying recommendations by quite reputable people regarding the proportions of the masting for the new warships, the captain and constructor of each frigate should outfit their own ships to the best of their personal judgments.
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Autograph Document Signed
Description
Circular from Secretary Pickering to the Naval Constructors and Superintendents. Pickering recommends that because of such varying recommendations by quite reputable people regarding the proportions of the masting for the new warships, the captain and constructor of each frigate should outfit their own ships to the best of their personal judgments.
Date
01/25/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796012514001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
constructor
navy
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
construction
mast
warship