Forwarding of Suggestion for Obtaining Lumber
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Forwarding of Suggestion for Obtaining Lumber
Description
Letter, describes Humphreys' idea regarding the procurement of timber.
short description
Ltr, des Humphreys idea re cutting oak.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
29
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
sent to location
Norfolk, Virginia
in collection
in microfilm
notable person/group
Josiah Fox
Timothy Pickering
[John T. ] Morgan
[Joshua] Humphreys
notable location
Norfolk, Virginia
War Office
yard
notable item/thing
timbers
table
red cedar
notable phrase
induced to adopt an idea of Mr. Humphreys of transmitting to Mr. Morgan a table showing what timbers had actually arrived in each yard and what were still wanting
table is now inclosed with all the squares blank for you to fill up and return to me
forward a copy of it without delay
notice that the squares marked with the letter C are intended to show the top timbers which are to be of red cedar
timbers which are of one kind arrive in your yard
insert in the proper squares the true number
squares you leave blank will be understood to show such timbers are yet wanting
probable that in providing the timber for the frames of all the frigates some errors may unavoidably take place
some timbers be redundant and some deficient
document number
1795052900001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
Transcribe this document
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | BBQ17 (4 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox Papers | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | BBD15 (0 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | P; 38, bottom half |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Microfilm: Josiah Fox Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | Norfolk, Virginia | [n/a] |