Request to protect and stow oak planks at New York ship yard
Document 1796Naval 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.
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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
Repository
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
