On the accounting and selection of frigate timbers at New York, Boston and Portsmouth New Hampshire
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
On the accounting and selection of frigate timbers at New York, Boston and Portsmouth New Hampshire
Description
Discusses the management of timbers between New York, Boston, and Portsmouth New Hampshire ship yards. Discusses the value of the live oak and the possibility that no more may be issued for further use. Will look into finding another ship yard for the timber at New York.
year created
1796
month created
07
day created
22
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Josiah Fox..
notable person/group
Josiah Fox
Joshua Humphreys
James McHenry
naval constructor
War Office
War Department
Secretary of War
notable location
War Office
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
War Department
notable item/thing
frigate timbers
live oak
frigate
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
document number
1796072215155
page start
180
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:180. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |