Discussion of Location & Lease for Navy Yard
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Discussion of Location & Lease for Navy Yard
Description
Letter, describes location for Navy yard; discusses lease for Navy Yard; mentions Frigates.
short description
Ltr, des location of Navy yard.
year created
1796
month created
07
day created
18
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in McHenry to Fox, 07/22/1796 and McHenry to Fox, 07/25/1796.
Addressed to the Secretary of War.
Addressed to the Secretary of War.
author note
Josiah Fox
recipient note
James McHenry
cited note
Cited document sent from one element of the war office to another
notable person/group
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Cheesman
Forman Cheeseman
Captain Talbot
Blagge
notable location
New York
Corlear's Hook
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Boston
New York
navy yard
beach
sea shore
notable item/thing
materials
ship
stores
laying plank timber
timbers
spars
rafts
plank
expense
lease
frigate
prices
white oak
sold
report
pieces of live oak
proposed frigate
prices of white oak
rent
large timbers
two wharfs
house three stories high
point of land
notable phrase
principal ship builders
too large for the frigate
steps as will forward this business
present situation of the yard
agreeably to your orders
Capt. Talbot's statement on file in the War office
wharf on the outside of the navy yard may be removed thither with nearly the same expence
approve of a lease taken for the term of 6 years
planks hauled up on the spot
fine sandy beach that lies extremely along the sea shore
depth of water
document number
1796071840101
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | BBN01 (3 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Citations | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Josiah Fox | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |