Request to protect and stow oak planks at New York ship yard

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Naval Agent John Blagge is ordered to take measures to protect and stow the oak plank intended for the frigate at New York, since there is a possibility that worms may be attacking the wood. Therefore, remove planking to the navy yard and stow in piles with roofs over them, that they may be preserved from the weather at the smallest expense.

Date

06/14/1796

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1796061415055

Page start

172

Notable persons

John Blagge
Captain Silas Talbot
naval agent
naval constructor
superintendent
War Department
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Navy
Joshua Humphreys

Notable locations

New York
War Office
navy yard
Philadelphia
War Department
War Office

Notable items

oak planks
worms
frigate
roof
weather
water
USS United States