Fireplaces and Square Bolts
Document 1796Presumably from Joshua Humphreys. Enclosed is a draught of one of the small fireplaces used under the cistern for boiling the plank at the Philadelphia yard; a simple design. Iron bolts have square heads because cheapest to manufacture. Requests that unless already rounded, leave alone and conform to instructions.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Presumably from Joshua Humphreys. Enclosed is a draught of one of the small fireplaces used under the cistern for boiling the plank at the Philadelphia yard; a simple design. Iron bolts have square heads because cheapest to manufacture. Requests that unless already rounded, leave alone and conform to instructions.
Date
07/05/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796070515155
Page start
175
Notable persons
George Claghorne
Claghorn
naval constructor
War Department
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
Notable locations
Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Notable items
draught
draft
fireplace
cistern
boiling
plank
construction
square olts
frames
iron
copper
floor heads
futtock heels
iron bolts
planking
frigate
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