Request to redirect the vessel laden with live oak to Philadelphia with utmost dispatch
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to redirect the vessel laden with live oak to Philadelphia with utmost dispatch
Description
Request to redirect the schooner laden with live oak to Philadelphia with dispatch without unloading any cargo at New York. The live oak is hoped to complete the frame of the frigate at Philadelphia.
year created
1796
month created
05
day created
24
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
New York
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Silas Talbot
notable person/group
Captain Silas Talbot
superintendent
War Department
War Office
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Navy
John Blagge
Naval Agent
notable location
New York
War Office
Philadelphia
Georgia
ship yard at New York
notable item/thing
schooner
timber
live oak
frame
frigate
cargo
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796052415255
page start
169
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:169. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Silas Talbot | New York | [n/a] |