Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Constructors and Superintendents on mast and spar of frigates

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Pickering announces that the naval constructor and captain [superintendent] will have liberty to mast and spar their own ship according to the best of their judgments.

Date

01/25/1796

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To

Document number

1796012515055

Page start

154

Notable persons

naval constructor
naval superintendent
Captain Dale
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk
Portsmouth New Hampshire

Notable items

mast
spar
bowsprit
mastheads
yard arms