Request for statement of live oak timbers required to complete frigate frame
Document 1796Naval Constructor Stodder is to provide a list of live oak timbers required to complete frame of frigate at Baltimore in order to take measures to provide such from navy yards at New York and Norfolk. Pickering expresses wish to complete frigate construction by end of year. Therefore, prosecute with dispatch.
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Letterbook
Description
Naval Constructor Stodder is to provide a list of live oak timbers required to complete frame of frigate at Baltimore in order to take measures to provide such from navy yards at New York and Norfolk. Pickering expresses wish to complete frigate construction by end of year. Therefore, prosecute with dispatch.
Date
06/01/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796060115055
Page start
170
Notable persons
David Stodder
naval constructor
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
Navy
navy yard
Notable locations
Baltimore
War Office
Norfolk
Department of War
Philadelphia
New York
Notable items
live oak timbers
live oak
frigate frame
frigate