Request for return of articles purchased at Portsmouth Ship Yard
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for return of articles purchased at Portsmouth Ship Yard
Description
Quincey, clerk of ship yard at Portsmouth New Hampshire, is to provide a return of articles purchased and send to War Office. Should provide list amounts of timber, a list of perishable items, where the articles are kept.
year created
1796
month created
04
day created
27
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Portsmouth
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Edmund H. Quincey.
notable person/group
Edmund H. Quincey
clerk of ship yard
War Department
James McHenry
Navy
notable location
Portsmouth New Hampshire
War Office
Philadelphia
Portsmouth ship yard
notable item/thing
articles
timber
perishables
frigate
USS Congress
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796042715055
page start
163
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:163. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Edmund H. Quincy | Portsmouth | [n/a] |