On the shipment of trunnails from New York to Portsmouth New Hampshire
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
On the shipment of trunnails from New York to Portsmouth New Hampshire
Description
Naval Constructor Foreman Cheeseman has shipped over 18,000 trunnails from the navy yard at New York to Portsmouth New Hamphire on board the schooner Fanny, Captain Follett commanding. Offer these for sale to James Hackett naval constructor at cost plus freight charges. Lists the number of trunnails and their cost.
year created
1797
month created
01
day created
26
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Thomas Thompson
notable person/group
Captain Thomas Thompson
Naval Constructor Foreman Cheeseman
Captain Follett
James Hackett
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
New York
Portsmouth New Hampshire
ship yard
notable item/thing
frigate
trunnails
schooner
Schooner Fanny
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797012615056
page start
215
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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:215 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Thompson | [unknown] | [n/a] |