Request to embark moulds for floor and rising timbers on vessel sailing to Georgia
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to embark moulds for floor and rising timbers on vessel sailing to Georgia
Description
Knox informs Joshua Humphreys that a vessel sailing to Georgia and asks that moulds for the floor and rising timbers be embarked addressed to John Morgan. James Seagrove will take charge of them.
year created
1794
month created
11
day created
14
author
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
recipient note
Tench Coxe.
notable person/group
James Seagrove
Creek Indian Agent
Joshua Humphreys
Naval Constructor
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
John Morgan
notable location
Philadelphia
Swede's Church
Georgia
notable item/thing
vessel
moulds
timber
frigate
floor timbers
rising timbers
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1794111415055
page start
1
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:92 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |