On the manner of securing floor timbers to the frigate keel using copper bolts

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Discusses methods of securing floor timbers to the keel with large copper bolts.

Date

03/01/1796

Recipient

David Stodder

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

1796030115155

Page start

158

Notable persons

David Stodder
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
Naval constructor

Notable locations

Baltimore
War Office
Baltimore ship yard

Notable items

timber
floor timber
copper bolts
keel
fullock
dead wood
cross chock
USS Constellation