Discussion of Location & Lease for Navy Yard
Document 1796Letter, describes location for Navy yard; discusses lease for Navy Yard; mentions Frigates.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, describes location for Navy yard; discusses lease for Navy Yard; mentions Frigates.
Date
07/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796071840101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Fox, 07/22/1796 and McHenry to Fox, 07/25/1796.
Addressed to the Secretary of War.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Cheesman
Forman Cheeseman
Captain Talbot
Blagge
Notable locations
New York
Corlear's Hook
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Boston
New York
navy yard
beach
sea shore
Notable items
materials
ship
stores
laying plank timber
timbers
spars
rafts
plank
expense
lease
frigate
prices
white oak
sold
report
pieces of live oak
proposed frigate
prices of white oak
rent
large timbers
two wharfs
house three stories high
point of land