Supplies for the construction of six frigates

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Supplies for the construction of six frigates

Description

Letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue to Treasury Secretary Hamilton regarding the shipment of supplies from Europe - principally London, with alternatives in Copenhagen, Gottenburg, and Amsterdam - for the construction of six frigates.

year created

1794

month created

06

day created

25

author

sent from location

Treasury Department

recipient

in collection

note

Cited in Coxe to Hamilton, 12/26/1794 and Coxe to Hamilton, 12/22/1794

LC, RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, National Archives.

cited note

Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
Tench Coxe
Commissioner of the Revenue
Minister
Thomas Truxton
Phynn Elliot
James Phyn
Alexander Ellice
John Inglis
William Barnard
shipwright
Deptford
owner
consignee

notable location

Treasury Department
Revenue Office
London
Europe
Britain
Gottenburg
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Scandinavia

notable item/thing

ship
Pigou
import
imports
magazines
bale goods
canvas
capital
ships
copper
frigates
colors
guns
bunting

document number

1794062590100

Document instances

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Tench Coxe Treasury Department [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]