Joshua Humphreys

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Joshua Humphreys

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Joshua Humphreys

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Influential ship builder. Six frigates include: Constitution; Congress; President, Chesapeake, Constellation, United States

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Joshua Humphreys (June 17, 1751 – January 12, 1838) was an influential and successful ship builder in the United States. Humphreys was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania and died in the same place.

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Letter Describing Timber Types & Cuts for Frigate Construction & the Merits of Oak and Red Cedar author Document
Request for Information Regarding Dockyard Machine author Document
Recommendations for Design of Frigates author Document
Discussion of Timber & Transoms for Frigates author Document
Improvements to Frigate Design. author Document
Copy of a page from a Joshua Humphries letterbook author Document
No Image Available author Document
Regarding Colonel James Hackett's letter on the dimensions of transom, quality of timbers author Document
Experiments on the Strength of Pieces of Ash author Document
Instructions for the Launching of Frigates author Document
On Josiah Fox's letter on laying the keels of frigates and launching author Document
Frigate Construction author Document
Timber for Frigates author Document
Colonel George Claghorn's letter regarding dimensions and type of frigate timbers author Document
Discussion of Amendments to Frigate Design author Document
Discussion of Planks for Frigate at Norfolk [Chesapeake] author Document
Request for Information on Planks for Shipbuilding author Document
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Forwarding Stodder's Letter Regarding Construction of the Frigates Document
Letter from the War Office requesting remarks on letter from naval constructor David Stodder Document
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Request to review and provide observations of letters of Forman Cheeseman, constructor of frigate at New York Document
Types of Wood Used to Build Ships Document
Directions for Ship Building Document
Request for Advice on the Cutting of Planks for a Frigate [Chesapeake] Document
Length of 44 Gun Frigates Document