Orders to examine and arrange ship yards and materials for frigate construction
Document 1796This letter dispatches Josiah Fox to New York, Portsmouth, NH, and Boston with orders to examine and report on the construction of frigates. Is ordered to determine terms and time line for building 36 gun frigates. Is to determine materials available at ship yards. Given instructions on how to order and arrange types of wood.
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Description
This letter dispatches Josiah Fox to New York, Portsmouth, NH, and Boston with orders to examine and report on the construction of frigates. Is ordered to determine terms and time line for building 36 gun frigates. Is to determine materials available at ship yards. Given instructions on how to order and arrange types of wood.
Date
07/12/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1796071200155
Page start
17
Note
Enclosed in a letter (on page 17) from James McHenry, Secretary at War, to Chairman of the Committee for Naval Armament, dated 1 May 1798.
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department
War Office
New York
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston Massachusetts
Notable items
ship timbers
planks
live oak
white oak
plank
mast
spar
timber