Letter fromTimothy Pickering demanding a stop to the reducing of copper bolts
Document 1796Pickering orders naval agent Jackson to stop reducing the copper bolts. It is too expensive, is not necessary, and risks spoiling the temper of the bolts.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Pickering orders naval agent Jackson to stop reducing the copper bolts. It is too expensive, is not necessary, and risks spoiling the temper of the bolts.
Date
01/27/1796
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1796012715055
Page start
155
Notable persons
Henry Jackson
Naval Agent
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Boston
Notable items
copper bolts
frigates