Request to deliver live oak timbers to Messrs. Samuel and Joseph Sterret, naval agents at Baltimore

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Request to deliver live oak timbers to Messrs. Samuel and Joseph Sterret, naval agents at Baltimore

Description

Naval Agents Blagge and Pennock are to deliver live oak timbers to Messrs. Samuel and Joseph Sterret, naval agents at Baltimore.

year created

1796

month created

06

day created

11

author

recipient

sent to location

William Pennock

in image

author note

No signature, from War Office

notable person/group

John Blagge
William Pennock
Naval Agents
naval constructor
Samuel Sterret
Joseph Sterret
Navy
War Department
War Office
James McHenry
Secretary of War

notable location

War Office
Navy Yard New York
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Navy yard Norfolk
War Office

notable item/thing

live timbers
live oak
frigate
USS Constellation

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
naval act 1794

document number

1796061115055

page start

171

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[view document] (2 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:171.

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author War Office [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient John Blagge William Pennock [n/a]