Estimate for cost of developing a navy yard and purchase of land in Georgia for live oak and red cedar cultivation
Document 1797Estimate includes the cost of land within 15 or 20 miles of large city; wharf; mould; stores; blacksmith shop; sheds; annual supply of live oak and red cedar. Estimate of land to provide timber supply. Purchase of an island is suggested on the St. Mary's River at coastal Georgia.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Estimate includes the cost of land within 15 or 20 miles of large city; wharf; mould; stores; blacksmith shop; sheds; annual supply of live oak and red cedar. Estimate of land to provide timber supply. Purchase of an island is suggested on the St. Mary's River at coastal Georgia.
Date
02/02/1797
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1797020215355
Page start
232
Notable persons
Josiah Parker
Chairman of the committee on naval equipment
Congress
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Congress
St. Mary's River
coastal Georgia
Georgia
island
ship yard
Notable items
timber
sails
rigging
land
ship yard
mast
shed
rope maker's shed
live oak
red cedar
stores, sail and rigging loft
hemp and cordage