Transportation of Frigate Timbers from Norfolk to Boston

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Type

Letterbook

Description

George Claghorn naval constructor at Boston authorized to select timbers for shipment from Norfolk to Boston. Request to Secretary of Treasury for assistance in providing means of transport.

Date

09/12/1796

Recipient

Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

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

1796091215055

Page start

185

Note

Top of page.

Notable persons

Oliver Wolcott
Secretary Treasury
naval constructor
George Claghorn
Claghorne
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Navy
War Office

Notable locations

War Office
Norfolk, Virginia
Philadelphia
Boston
Gosport
War Department
Treasury Department

Notable items

frigate timbers
USS Constitution
frigate
timber
transportation