Letter Describing Timber Types & Cuts for Frigate Construction & the Merits of Oak and Red Cedar
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Letter Describing Timber Types & Cuts for Frigate Construction & the Merits of Oak and Red Cedar
Description
Letter, describes timber cuts regarding Frigate construction. There is difficulty in procuring the top timbers of red cedar. The top timbers and half timbers that form the sides of the ports should be of oak.
short description
Ltr, des timber cuts re Frigates.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
16
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
secondary recipient
in collection
notable person/group
Timothy Pickering
Joshua Humphreys
John Stagg
notable location
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
top timbers
red cedar
whole length
half timbers
oak
wake of the chain
top timbers forward'and aft
amidships
futtocks
builders
36 gun frigates
taken from the draft
fixing the cuts of the timbers
rigular plan
heads of the third futtock
port sills
44 gun frigates
frigate construction
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
document number
1795051640201
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | BBD13 (1 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | P: 37 |
| [view document] (2 pages) | BBQ15 (2 pages) | Collection: Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45) | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joshua Humphreys | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Timothy Pickering | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Stagg | [unknown] | [n/a] |