Request that Captain Thomas Truxton be permitted purchase blocks
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request that Captain Thomas Truxton be permitted purchase blocks
Description
Knox requests that Coxe approve Captain Truxton's desire to purchase some used blocks, which would be preferable to new ones.
year created
1794
month created
10
day created
09
author
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, War Department
recipient note
Tench Coxe
notable person/group
Tench Coxe
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Treasury Department
notable location
Philadelphia
War Department
notable item/thing
blocks
frigate
USS Constellation
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1794100970055
page start
85
Item sets
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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:85 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Coxe | [unknown] | [n/a] |