Tenche Coxe informs Knox that Captain Thomas Truxton desires to reduce his estimate

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Tenche Coxe informs Knox that Captain Thomas Truxton desires to reduce his estimate

Description

Tenche Coxe informs Knox that Captain Thomas Truxton desires to reduce his estimate for the 36 gun frigate.

year created

1794

month created

06

day created

25

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in image

author note

Henry Knox

recipient note

Tench Coxe

notable person/group

Tench Coxe
Henry Knox
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
US Navy

notable location

War Department
War Office
Philadelphia
Treasury Department

notable item/thing

36 gun frigate

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1794062500255

page start

35

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[view document] (315 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:35

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient Tench Coxe [unknown] [n/a]