Instructions on the manner of securing floor timbers

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Instructions provided on the manner of securing the floor timbers with copper bolts.

Date

03/15/1796

Recipient

George Claghorn

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

1796031515055

Page start

159

Notable persons

George Claghorn
Claghorne
naval constructor at Boston
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys

Notable locations

Boston
War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

frigates
copper bolts
floor timbers
keelson
beam
keel
fullock
deadwood
cross chocks
USS Constitution