Regarding machine for driving bolts through deadwood and keel of frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding machine for driving bolts through deadwood and keel of frigate
Description
Discusses ship construction, and draught of a bolt-driving machine made use of byJoshua Humphreys for driving bolts through the deadwood and keel of the frigate. Machine will drive bolts of different diameters with great facility and certainty. Copy to be sent to each naval constructor.
year created
1796
month created
05
day created
05
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 Claghorne
Claghorn
naval constructor
War Department
Secretary of War
Navy
James McHenry
Joshua Humphreys
notable location
Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
War Department
notable item/thing
frigate
bolt driving machine
draught
bolt
keel
deadwood
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796050515055
page start
164
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (315 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:164. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | George Claghorn | Boston | [n/a] |