On the need to complete frigate building operations at Boston Massachusetts
Document 1796Bill passed by Congress limits construction to three frigates. Therefore, since one of the frigates to be built is at Boston, frigate should be completed with all possible dispatch. Use the timber delivered by the Schooner Rachel this past December.
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Letterbook
Description
Bill passed by Congress limits construction to three frigates. Therefore, since one of the frigates to be built is at Boston, frigate should be completed with all possible dispatch. Use the timber delivered by the Schooner Rachel this past December.
Date
04/23/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1796042315055
Page start
161
Notable persons
George Claghorn
Claghorne
James McHenry
Secretary of War
naval constructor
naval agent
War Department
Notable locations
Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
Notable items
frigate
USS Constitution
Schooner Rachel