Request for direction on procurement of hemp for cordage and rigging of ship at Boston
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for direction on procurement of hemp for cordage and rigging of ship at Boston
Description
Frigate at Boston may be completed during summer. Therefore Pickering requests directions on procurement of hemp for cordage and rigging of frigate. Pickering notes that if there is difficulty with procurement, he has been informed a quantity may be had in Boston.
year created
1796
month created
06
day created
30
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Oliver Wolcott
notable person/group
Oliver Wolcott
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Office
War Department
notable location
War Office
Boston
Philadelphia
Treasury Department
War Department
notable item/thing
cordage
rigging
hemp
USS Constitution
frigate
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796063015155
page start
174
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:174. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Oliver Wolcott, Jr. | [unknown] | [n/a] |