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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Joshua Humphreys on the work of naval constructor George Claghorn at Boston author Document
Request That Fox Attend Conference on Naval Armaments author Document
Cited Document author Document
Reports Lack of Accountability, Staffing author Document
Report of a commitee upon the plan of an improvement for a windless, presented by Americanus. author Document
[Estimate of cost for building frigate for Dey of Algiers] author Document
Cited Document author Document
Dimensions for Frigate to Be Detailed to Mediterranean Service author Document
Regarding Ship Timber for Frigates, Especially New York Frigate author Document
Request for Information on How British Caulk Their Warships author Document
Discussion of Different Woods for Different Ship Components, & Placing of Guard at Shipyard author Document
Examining the inboard draft for the frigate at Baltimore author Document
[Estimate by Naval Constructor of cost of building and equipping frigate of 36 guns, and navigating same to Algiers] author Document
Advocating the use of Burkes pumps for the frigates author Document
Report on the frigate "United States" author Document
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Forwarded Message from Congress and Request for Information on Shipbuilding Materials Document
Request for Standardization of Dimensions for Masts, Yards, & Other Ships' Components Document
Regarding White Oak Timbers for Frigate Construction at Baltimore Document
Cited Document Document
Cited Document Document
Discussion of Caulking and Frigate Timbers Document
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Request to deliver excess frigate timbers to Boston Document
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Report Agreeable to a Request of the House of Representatives to Enquire into the State of the Naval Equipment Document
Report on the State of Naval Equipment and Frigate Construction to House Committee Document