Circular Letter from the War Office to the Constructors of 44-gun Frigates

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No human transcription currently available for this document.

Type

Letterbook

Description

Copper bolts used to secure lower fullocks to the floor timbers instead of iron because of the possibility of corrosion from bilge water.

Date

02/15/1796

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

1796021515055

Page start

156

Note

Left margin notes that this document was sent, while the one above was not.

Notable persons

naval constructors
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
Joshua Humphreys

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

fullock
afterbody
timber
copper bolts
iron
bolts
bilge
frigate
forebody