On the accounting and selection of frigate timbers at New York, Boston and Portsmouth New Hampshire
Document 1796Discusses the management of timbers between New York, Boston, and Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yards. Discusses the value of the live oak and the possibility that no more may be issued for further use. Will look into finding another ship yard for the timber at New York.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Discusses the management of timbers between New York, Boston, and Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yards. Discusses the value of the live oak and the possibility that no more may be issued for further use. Will look into finding another ship yard for the timber at New York.
Date
07/22/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796072215155
Page start
180
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
Joshua Humphreys
James McHenry
naval constructor
War Office
War Department
Secretary of War
Notable locations
War Office
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
War Department
Notable items
frigate timbers
live oak
frigate
USS Constitution