Request to ship live oak from Portsmouth ship yard to Boston for frigate construction
Document 1796McHenry requests that naval agent Sheaffe ship live oak timbers from Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard to Boston for frigate construction.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
McHenry requests that naval agent Sheaffe ship live oak timbers from Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yard to Boston for frigate construction.
Date
09/01/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1796090115355
Page start
184
Notable persons
Jacob Sheafe
naval agent
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
Notable locations
War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Philadelphia
navy yard
Notable items
live oak timbers
frigate
USS Constitution