Regarding sale of white oak frigate timber

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Regarding sale of 129 pieces of white oak timber for frigate, Cheeseman given instructions to make an account of sale and sign a statement to the War Office so that account can be placed in Treasury.

Date

04/03/1797

Recipient

Foreman Cheeseman

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

1797040315155

Page start

224

Notable persons

Forman Cheeseman
naval constructor
Treasury Department
War Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
New York
Treasury Department

Notable items

white oak timber
frigate