Orders to proceed to Norfolk Virginia to examine timbers

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Secretary of War directs naval constructor George Claghorn to proceed to Norfolk Virginia ship yard to select frigate timbers. Secretary of Treasury informed relative to transportation of timbers.

Date

09/12/1796

Recipient

George Claghorn

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

1796091215155

Page start

185

Notable persons

George Claghorne
Secretary of War
James McHenry
naval constructor
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Secretary of Treasury

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Norfolk Virginia
Boston
Treasury Department
War Department

Notable items

frigate timbers
USS Constitution