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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Account of Timber Plank Trennails &c. delivered to Mr James Hatchell, out of the public Yards at Newport and Portsmouth, 1796, for Building a Frigate of 36 Guns, the Value of which is to be deducted out of the several payments to be made him, agreeably to Contract —
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From the Navy Yard Portsmouth
feet & [undecipherable] Dollars
White Oak plank of 3 Inches 2309/9 $90 ⁶/M 223.33/0
D° of 3½ Inches 3749 to 2103.8" 392.72
D° of 4 Inches 2274 3 2120 d" 272.93
D° of 4½ Inches 24.9 2133 d" 3.36/10
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White Oak Ceiling plank of 3 Inches 306.2 270 d" 56.43/[undecipherable]
D° of 3½ Inches 432.9 231.66/[undecipherable] 69.64
D° of 4 Inches 1303.3 293.33/[undecipherable] 174.64/[undecipherable]
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Pitch Pine plank of 3 Inches 2402 a 90. d" 246.36
Long W.O. Timber fms. 163.3 feet at 10 1" [undecipherable]1612 —
Short d° fms. 60.23 2 6. 2" 543.45
W.O. Knees 1349 ¾ Inches 2.1 400[undecipherable] 515.[undecipherable]
Pine Timber fms. 10[undecipherable] feet at 330[undecipherable] 37.31
Spruce Spars 33½ Inches at 8[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 7.1
H.B. Trennails 318 1.600 [undecipherable] 1.90/[undecipherable]
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From the Navy Yard Newport
feet &/[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Locust Trennails of 24 Inches 1490 — 22.50 ⁶/M 25 —
D° of 24 Inches 3320 — 15. d" 49.[undecipherable]
D° of 20 Inches 2470 — 12.50 d" 43.43
D° of 18 Inches 1590 — 11.25 d" [undecipherable]4.38
D° of 16 Inches 1630 — 10 — d" 16.30
230.98
War Office May 30, 1797 Dollars 4350.98—
[undecipherable] Navy Constructor [undecipherable]
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

