Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Constructors regarding errors in timber
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Constructors regarding errors in timber
Description
Regarding errors in the providing of timber, request that naval constructors document on a chart which timbers had arrived in each ship yard and what timbers were still wanting. This information to be sent to John Morgan in Georgia.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
29
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Department.
notable person/group
John Stagg
War Office
Naval constructors
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
John Morgan
notable location
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Georgia
notable item/thing
timbers
red cedar
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
frigate timber
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795052915055
page start
110
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:110 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Constructors of the Frigates | [unknown] | [n/a] |