Regarding forwarding of white oak timbers and knees from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Boston for frigate construction

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Naval Agent Jacob Sheaffe has been directed to forward white oak timbers and knees to Boston for frigate construction.

Date

11/03/1796

Recipient

Henry Jackson

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

1796110315155

Page start

195

Notable persons

Henry Jackson
Jacob Sheaffe
naval agent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Office
War Department

Notable locations

War Office
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire

Notable items

frigate
white oak timbers
knees
USS Constitution
USS Congress