Orders to execute coppering of frigate Constitution while on the stocks

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Orders to execute coppering of frigate Constitution while on the stocks before launching as high as light water mark, as soon as the bottom is prepared.

Date

07/27/1797

Recipient

George Claghorn

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

1797072715055

Page start

260

Notable persons

George Claghorn
Josiah Fox
Claghorne
Navy Constructor
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War

Notable locations

Boston
War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

frigate
coppering
frigate Constitution