Account of timber, plank, trunnails delivered James Hackett and public yards at New York and Portsmouth New Hampshire
Document 1797Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor at War Department, provides accounts for building materials delivered to naval constructor James Hackett, and used at the Navy Yards in New York and Portsmouth New Hampshire for building 38 gun frigate, which is to be deducted out the payments made to him.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor at War Department, provides accounts for building materials delivered to naval constructor James Hackett, and used at the Navy Yards in New York and Portsmouth New Hampshire for building 38 gun frigate, which is to be deducted out the payments made to him.
Date
05/30/1797
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1797053015255
Page start
237
Notable persons
James Hackett
naval constructor
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
Josiah Fox
navy constructor
Notable locations
Portsmouth Navy Yard
War Office
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
New York
Notable items
plank
white oak
pitch pine planks
trunnails
spruce spars
timber
ceiling plank