Request for price of composition of pintle and braces for frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for price of composition of pintle and braces for frigate
Description
Truxton is to find the price of composition of pintles and braces for the frigate, of metal, warranted of best quality.
year created
1796
month created
07
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
Thomas Truxton
notable person/group
Captain Thomas Truxton
Superintendent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Office
War Department
notable location
Baltimore
War Office
War Department
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
braces
frigate
pintles
metal
composition
USS Constellation
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796070115055
page start
175
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:175. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Truxtun | Baltimore | [n/a] |