Request to complete rigging of the frigate
Document 1796Request that Captain Nicholson get the rigging of the ship completed. Therefore, Nicholson is charged to find a suitable person for the task of preparing the rigging. Ensure there is no waste. Additionally, cargo of live oak has arrived Portsmouth New Hampshire. Hopes it is at Boston at this time. This live oak should be useful in completing the hull of the frigate.
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Letterbook
Description
Request that Captain Nicholson get the rigging of the ship completed. Therefore, Nicholson is charged to find a suitable person for the task of preparing the rigging. Ensure there is no waste. Additionally, cargo of live oak has arrived Portsmouth New Hampshire. Hopes it is at Boston at this time. This live oak should be useful in completing the hull of the frigate.
Date
05/17/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1796051715155
Page start
167
Notable persons
Captain Samuel Nicholson
superintendent
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
Notable locations
Boston
War Office
War Department
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Notable items
rigging
frigate
USS Constitution
cargo
live oak
hull