Estimate of amount of timber for a frigate from Joshua Humphreys
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Estimate of amount of timber for a frigate from Joshua Humphreys
Description
Responding to Knox's request of 10 April, Humphreys provides an estimate of the quantity of timber and plank for a frigate 147 feet keel, 43 feet beam, 14 feet hold. He estimates it will take 55 men two months to cut the live oak and cedar required for construction of frigate. He provides detailed measurements in his calculations.
year created
1794
month created
05
day created
08
author
recipient
in image
author note
Henry Knox
recipient note
Joshua Humphreys
notable person/group
Joshua Humphreys
Henry Knox
notable location
Georgia
North Carolina
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
white oak
pitch pine
foremast
decks
clamps
bilge
heart pine plank
quarterdeck
forecastle
top timber
fulhooks
red cedar
knightheads
stanchion
transom
breastworks
bilge bolts
sheet copper
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
US Navy
document number
1794050800055
page start
24
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZXA06 (315 pages) | 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 (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) | V:1, P:21 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |