Report Agreeable to a Request of the House of Representatives to Enquire into the State of the Naval Equipment

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Report Agreeable to a Request of the House of Representatives to Enquire into the State of the Naval Equipment

Description

Cost of building frigate, breakdown of expenses, reports included.

year created

1796

month created

01

day created

13

author

sent from location

Philadelphia

in image

author note

Tench Francis; Thomas Truxtun; Joshua Humphreys; Josiah Fox.

notable person/group

multiple
Tench Francis
purveyor
Thomas Truxtun
Joshua Humphreys
navy constructor
Josiah Fox
Truxton
carpenters
agents
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering

notable location

Philadelphia
England
yards
stores

notable item/thing

naval equipment
enquiry
inquiry
building
equipment
frigates
cost
ordnance
ordnance stores
powder
provision
44 gun ship
tonnage
act of Congress
gallies
estimate
monies disbursed
copper
materials

notable idea/issue

expenses

document number

1796011315001

page start

3

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Document instances

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[view document] (1 pages) HAB09 (10 pages) Collection: FO 5/13 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence. P: 191-196

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Tench Francis Philadelphia [n/a]
Author Captain Thomas Truxtun Philadelphia [n/a]
Author Joshua Humphreys Philadelphia [n/a]
Author Josiah Fox Philadelphia [n/a]