Letter from the War Office on schooner failure to deliver oak timbers to Baltimore
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter from the War Office on schooner failure to deliver oak timbers to Baltimore
Description
Pickering notes that it is regrettable that schooner did not deliver its cargo to Baltimore. This deranges business. Timbers may not be appropriate size for 44 gun frigate at Boston. Until further orders, Nicholson is not to use any of this timber.
year created
1796
month created
01
day created
09
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Boston
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Samuel Nicholson
notable person/group
Captain Samuel Nicholson
Timothy Pickering
War Department
General Henry Jackson
naval agent
naval constructor
superintendent
notable location
Boston
War Office
Baltimore
notable item/thing
schooner
cargo
oak
timbers
USS Constellation
USS Constitution
frigate
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796011915055
page start
148
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:148 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Samuel Nicholson | Boston | [n/a] |