Extract of Letter from Mr Charles Vaughn on the price of white oak for planking at Boston
Item
Type
Extract of Letter
Title
Extract of Letter from Mr Charles Vaughn on the price of white oak for planking at Boston
Description
Knox forwards an extract of a letter from Mr Charles Vaughn providing estimate of the price of oak plank at Boston. Refers to a source at Kennebec, presumably the river in Maine.
year created
1794
month created
07
day created
05
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in image
author note
Henry Knox
recipient note
Tench Coxe
notable person/group
Tench Coxe
Henry Knox
Charles Vaughn
Secretary of War
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
US Navy
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
Department of War
War Office
Department of Treasury
Boston
Massachusetts
Kennebec River
Maine
notable item/thing
oak plank
frigates
timber
freight
notable idea/issue
USS Constitution
frigate construction
Navy Act 1794
document number
1794070500255
page start
37
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 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:37 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Coxe | [unknown] | [n/a] |