Instructions on the manner of securing floor timbers
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Instructions on the manner of securing floor timbers
Description
Instructions provided on the manner of securing the floor timbers with copper bolts.
year created
1796
month created
03
day created
15
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Boston
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
George Claghorne.
notable person/group
George Claghorn
Claghorne
naval constructor at Boston
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
notable location
Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
frigates
copper bolts
floor timbers
keelson
beam
keel
fullock
deadwood
cross chocks
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796031515055
page start
159
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:159. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | George Claghorn | Boston | [n/a] |