Request for statement of live oak timbers required to complete frigate frame
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for statement of live oak timbers required to complete frigate frame
Description
Naval Constructor Stodder is to provide a list of live oak timbers required to complete frame of frigate at Baltimore in order to take measures to provide such from navy yards at New York and Norfolk. Pickering expresses wish to complete frigate construction by end of year. Therefore, prosecute with dispatch.
year created
1796
month created
06
day created
01
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Baltimore
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
David Stodder.
notable person/group
David Stodder
naval constructor
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
Navy
navy yard
notable location
Baltimore
War Office
Norfolk
Department of War
Philadelphia
New York
notable item/thing
live oak timbers
live oak
frigate frame
frigate
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
USS Constellation
document number
1796060115055
page start
170
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:170. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | David Stodder | Baltimore | [n/a] |