Request to Forward White Oak Timbers and Knees to Boston for Frigate Construction

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request to Naval Agent Jacob Sheaffe at Portsmouth New Hampshire, that he forward white oak timbers and knees to Boston for the frigate building.

Date

10/31/1796

Recipient

Jacob Sheafe

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

1796103115055

Page start

194

Notable persons

Jacob Sheafe
naval agent
War Department
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Sheaf
Shefe

Notable locations

War Office
War Department
Boston
Philadelphia

Notable items

white oak timbers
knees
frigate
USS Constitution
USS Congress