Ship Timber and Planking to be Procurred
Document 1798A list of timber and planking to be procured from six sources.
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Ship Timber & Plank
to be procured. —
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Length | Thickness | Breadth | No of Pieces
Feet | Inches | Inches | —
30 | 13 | 16 | 8 Pieces Water Ways.
24 | 14 | 22 | 9 Pieces Stern Posts & Clamps.
15 | 11 | 36 | 10 Breast Hooks.
" | " | " | 1 Cut Water. } of best White Oak Timber —
+15 | 10 | 30 | 100 Pieces Floor Timbers.
10 | 9 | 24 | 20 Hawse Pieces.
35 | 6 | 14 | 23 Pieces for Clamps.
30 | 6 | 14 | 30 Pieces for ditto.
44 | 4 | 14 | 200 Pieces Bottom Planks. } Oak Planks. —
30 | 4 | 14 | 90 Pieces of Planks.
35 | 4 | 14 | 100 Pieces of Bottom Planks.
38 | 12 | 12 | 45 Beams with 9 Inch spring
38 | 10 | 10 | 45 Beams with 7 do..... do? } Best Yellow Pine Timber.
36 | 12 | 13 | 35 Beams with 10 do...... do?
44 | 3 | 12 | 200 Plank for the upper Deck.
44 | 2½ | 12 | 150 Plank for the quarter ditto & Forecastle.
44 | 2½ | 10 | 150 Plank for the lower ditto. } Best Yellow Pine Planks.
50 | 5 | 14 | 25 Plank to line between Decks.
24 | 2 | 10 | 400 Pine Boards, one half 24 & one half 30 feet long.
John Haline on Harmony, Plank
Tedt. Morgan head of timber Creek 15 Miles from Coopers Ferry, Pine —
Fredk Conrad No 319 North Front Street —
Joseph Meller near the above —
Adam Vance in water Street near Christian Street — Wants to make Spikes
John McGinley corner of Love Lane Passyunk road
Type
Copy of document
Description
A list of timber and planking to be procured from six sources.
Date
1798
Author
Document number
1798999991901
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Haline
Jedediah Morgan
Frederick Conrad
Josiah Miller
Adam Vance
John McGinley
Notable locations
Shamercy Plank
head of Timber Creek 15 miles from Coopers Ferry Pine
No. 319 North Front Street
Water Street near Chrstian Street
corner of Love and Passywick Road
Notable items
length
thickness
breadth
spikes
WHITE OAK TIMBER
water ways
stern posts and clamps
breast hooks
cut water
floor timbers
hawse pieces
OAK PLANKS
clamps
bottom planks
BEST YELLOW PINE TIMBER
beams with nine, seven, and ten inch spring
BEST YELLOW PINE PLANK
upper deck
quarter deck and forecastle
lower forecastle
plank to line between decks
pine boards

