Request to deliver live oak timber for frigate construction to naval agent Henry Jackson at Boston

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Naval Agent at Portsmouth Jacob Sheaffe is requested to deliver live oak timber for frigate construction to naval agent Henry Jackson at Boston.

Date

05/05/1797

Recipient

Jacob Sheafe

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

1797050515055

Page start

228

Notable persons

Jacob Sheaffe
Henry Jackson
naval agent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department

Notable locations

War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth navy yard

Notable items

live oak timber
planks
frigate
USS Congress
USS Constitution