Instructions to dispose of inferior materials intended for frigate construction

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Naval Constructor Foreman Cheeseman instructed to dispose of inferior materials intended for frigate construction at New York.

Date

06/06/1797

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

1797060615155

Page start

238

Notable persons

Forman Cheeseman
Captain Silas Talbot
naval constructor
naval superintendent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
War Office

Notable locations

New York
War Office
War Office
Philadelphia
ship yard

Notable items

white oak
frigate
materials
white oak fore and aft pieces
scantling
pine
yellow pine plank