Letter to the Auditor of the Treasury regarding completion of Algerine frigate

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Josiah Fox reports via letter from Captain Thomas Thompson that the Algerine frigate, the Crescent, is complete and is agreeable to James Hackett contract. Fox provides extract of a letter from Captain Thomas Thompson from Portsmouth New Hampshire to the Secretary of War attesting to Hackett's work.

Date

08/15/1797

Author

Josiah Fox

Sent from

War Office

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

1797081535055

Page start

280

Note

References Thomas Thompson.

Notable persons

Josiah Fox
Navy constructor
James Hackett
naval constructor
Captain Thomas Thompson
naval superintendent
Secretary War
James McHenry
War Department
War Office
Auditor Treasury

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Algeria
Algerine
ship yard
Treasury Department

Notable items

Crescent
frigate
spars
masts
yards
boats
plank
timber