Regarding White Oak Timbers for Frigate Construction at Baltimore

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Regarding White Oak Timbers for Frigate Construction at Baltimore

Description

Letter, discusses white oak for Frigate at Baltimore.

short description

Ltr, dis white oak for Frigate.

year created

1796

month created

03

day created

24

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

note

Partly illegible

notable person/group

Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
Stodder
Captain Truxton
Naval Constructor

notable location

War Office
Georgia
Baltimore
Southwark

notable item/thing

white oak
frigate
live oak

notable phrase

already prepared of white oak
wait the arrival of live oak
frigate building in Baltimore
your opinion is requested in the letter

document number

1796032415001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) BBM11 (1 pages) Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Josiah Fox War Office [n/a]
Recipient Joshua Humphreys [unknown] [n/a]