Letter from the War Office to the Secretary of the Treasury on the bolt ropes for the sails required for frigate building for Dey of Algiers

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Estimate for the bolt rope for the sails for frigate building Dey of Algiers. Recommend contract be entered under, either at Portsmouth New Hampshire or Philadelphia

Date

02/10/1797

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

1797021015155

Page start

217

Notable persons

Oliver Wolcott
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Secretary Treasury
Jacob Sheaffe
Dey of Algiers
naval agent
accountant
navy constructor
Josiah Fox

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Algiers
Treasury Department

Notable items

bolt ropes
sails
frigate
contract
mainsails
foresails
mizzens
frigate Crescent