Request to deliver excess frigate timbers to Boston
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to deliver excess frigate timbers to Boston
Description
McHenry requests that excess frigate timbers at Philadelphia be delivered to George Claghorn at Boston, with exception of those promised to Baltimore.
year created
1796
month created
09
day created
06
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Joshua Humphreys.
notable person/group
Joshua Humphreys
George Claghorn
Claghorne
naval constructor
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office
notable location
War Office
War Department
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
notable item/thing
frigate timbers
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796090615155
page start
184
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:184. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |