Discussion of Specifications for 36-Gun Frigate
Document 1796Letter, discusses terms to build 36 gun Frigate.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, discusses terms to build 36 gun Frigate.
Date
08/04/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796080415101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Fox, 08/13/1796 and McHenry to Fox, 08/15/1796.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Vaughan
John Vaughan
Captain Nicholson
Claghorne
Hackett
clerk of the yard
workmen
Notable locations
Boston
Europe
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Notable items
frigate
building
white oak timber
timber
under water
dock
ship
under construction
public business
live oak timber
sickness
winter months
summer
naval business
frames
shipment
masts
public business
proposed frigate
letters from the builders