Memorandium Regarding Ship Construction
Document 1798Memorandum, discusses the construction and equipping Frigate Chesapeake at Portsmouth, Va.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Memorandum, discusses the construction and equipping Frigate Chesapeake at Portsmouth, Va.
Date
12/1798
Author
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798129935001
Page start
1
Note
This fragment--first page of an apparently longer memorandum--is in the hand of Josiah Fox.
Notable persons
Josiah Fox
naval constructor
Notable locations
Portsmouth
Virginia
Notable items
equip a ship of war in this country
laying the keel
sails
cables
iron ballast
canvas should be sent to Portsmouth
blocks
masts
Tops yards should be engaged
clean and merchantable boards & plank
births
planned out in winter and laid out to season
stuff for gun carriages must be got
have the work ready in the spring when the ship will go on fast
carpenters
prevent the ship being completed according to contract
have the rigging all fixed in good season
casks
large frigates
public stores
contracts should be provided in the winter when people are unemployed
cordage
balast
frigate Chesapeake