On the availability of spare kentledge for the revenue cutter

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Type

Letterbook

Description

There is no more kentledge on hand than will be required for the frigate building at Philadelphia and Baltimore. Therefore, no kentledge can be spared for the revenue cutter.

Date

02/07/1797

Recipient

Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

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

1797020715055

Page start

217

Notable persons

Oliver Wolcott
Secretary Treasury
James McHenry
Secretary War
War Department
War Office

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Treasury Department

Notable items

kentledge
ballast
revenue cutter
frigate