Request for Inventory of Public Timber Stores for Shipbuilding
Document 1797Letter, asks for inventory of public timber; mentions Congress; discusses live oak timber.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for inventory of public timber; mentions Congress; discusses live oak timber.
Date
06/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797060737001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Tench Francis
Josiah Fox
Secretary of War
purveyor
Notable locations
War Office
Mud Fort
Georgia
Ossabaw Island
John Morells's Landing
Bryan Morrell's Landing
Peter Morell's Landing
Notable items
Secretary of War desires me to request of you a valuation of the live oak timber deposited at Mud Fort and also what remains in Georgia belonging to
valuation I apprehend he means to lay before congress
sloops
wood