Suspension of Request to Send Live Oak for Frigate Construction at Philadelphia

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Requests cancellation of previous request to ship live oak from New York to Philadelphia until contents of cargo is known from vessel from Georgia laden with live oak.

Date

05/14/1796

Recipient

John Blagge

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

1796051415155

Page start

166

Notable persons

John Blagge
naval agent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Forman Cheeseman
naval constructor
Joshua Humphreys

Notable locations

New York
War Office
Georgia
Philadelphia
Navy Yard

Notable items

vessel
cargo
live oak
floor timbers
forebody
floors