Letter from Henry Knox to Tench Coxe on sizes of beams and the issue of pine or oak
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter from Henry Knox to Tench Coxe on sizes of beams and the issue of pine or oak
Description
Letter from Henry Knox to Tench Coxe on sizes of beams; lower and gun decks to be of white oak. Knox withdraws his objection to Joshua Humphreys and Captain Barry on the use of pine for beams for the 44 gun ship to be built in Philadelphia.
year created
1794
month created
10
day created
22
author
recipient
in image
author note
No Signature, War Department.
recipient note
Tench Coxe
notable person/group
Tench Coxe
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Assistant Secretary of Treasury
War Department
Captain John Barry
Joshua Humphreys
notable location
Philadelphia
War Department
notable item/thing
white oak
pine
beams
frigate
44 gun frigate
lower deck
gun deck
USS United States
notable idea/issue
oak or pine for beams
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1794102270055
page start
86
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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:86 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Coxe | [unknown] | [n/a] |