Letter from the War Office regarding request to extend launching a few days

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Launching may be delayed until 12 July 1797 so that carve work may be fixed, and coppering completed before ship put into water. Vessel with articles for completing frigate sailed from Philadelphia last night

Date

06/21/1797

Recipient

Captain Thomas Thompson

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

1797062115155

Page start

252

Notable persons

Captain Thomas Thompson
Josiah Fox
James Hackett
Navy constructor
naval constructor
naval superintendent
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
carver

Notable locations

Portsmouth New Hampshire
War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

Crescent
Algerine frigate
copper
frigate
stocks
vessel