Letter from the War Office to the Secretary of the Treasury on estimate of sum necessary for building and equipping frigate for the Dey of Algiers
Document 1796Estimate for building and manning a 36 gun frigate for the Dey of Algiers, to which is added the cost of navigating to Algiers. Includes the carpenter's bill for building the hull; a complete set of masts and yards; joiners; smiths; plumbers; boatbuilders; carriers; coopers; blockmakers; sailmakers; riggers; rigging; ship chandlers; the costs of copper sheathing; cannon; copper pintles and brass; powder shot; military stores; 40 men including officers and their pay and subsistence.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Estimate for building and manning a 36 gun frigate for the Dey of Algiers, to which is added the cost of navigating to Algiers. Includes the carpenter's bill for building the hull; a complete set of masts and yards; joiners; smiths; plumbers; boatbuilders; carriers; coopers; blockmakers; sailmakers; riggers; rigging; ship chandlers; the costs of copper sheathing; cannon; copper pintles and brass; powder shot; military stores; 40 men including officers and their pay and subsistence.
Date
12/26/1796
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796122615155
Page start
199
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott
Dey of Algiers
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Secretary of Treasury
Navy
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Algiers
Notable items
frigate
carpenter's bill for building the hull
masts and yards
joiners
smiths
plumbers
boatbuilders
carriers
coopers
blockmakers
sailmakers
riggers
rigging
ship chandlers
copper sheathing
cannon
copper pintles
brass
powder shot
military stores
40 men
officers
pay and subsistence