On the selection and forwarding of live oak frigate timbers to Boston and Baltimore

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Type

Letterbook

Description

McHenry requests shipment of live oak frigate timbers to Baltimore and Boston. Notes that naval constructor Forman Cheeseman will point out the specific timbers to be forwarded.

Date

08/08/1796

Recipient

John Blagge

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To

Document number

1796080815055

Page start

182

Notable persons

John Blagge
naval agent
Forman Cheeseman
naval constructor
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Baltimore

Notable items

live oak frigate timbers