Letter from the War Office requesting to the dimensions of boats for the frigates

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request for the dimensions and number of the boats for the frigates; and a request for opinion of what number of boats is necessary for the frigates; their length, depth, and breadth.

Date

03/07/1796

Recipient

Captain Thomas Truxtun

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

1796030715055

Page start

159

Notable persons

Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
naval constructor
US Navy

Notable locations

Baltimore
War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

boats for the frigates