Letter from the War Office to the Secretary of the Treasury requesting copper proper for casting pintles, braces and other composition work for the USS Constitution - Papers of the War Department

Letter from the War Office to the Secretary of the Treasury requesting copper proper for casting pintles, braces and other composition work for the USS Constitution

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request for five tons of copper proper for casting pintles, braces and other composition work, and fire engine for the USS Constitution.

Date

05/24/1797

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

1797052415055

Page start

235

Notable persons

Oliver Wolcott

Secretary Treasury

Secretary War

James McHenry

War Department

Notable locations

War Office

Philadelphia

Boston

Notable items

USS Constitution

copper

pintle

braces

fire engine

frigate