Orders to proceed to Norfolk Virginia to examine timbers

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Orders to proceed to Norfolk Virginia to examine timbers

Description

Secretary of War directs naval constructor George Claghorn to proceed to Norfolk Virginia ship yard to select frigate timbers. Secretary of Treasury informed relative to transportation of timbers.

year created

1796

month created

09

day created

12

secondary author

James McHenry

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

George Claghorn

in 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)

in image

ZXA06

author note

No signature, from War Office

recipient note

Goerge Claghorne.

notable person/group

George Claghorne
Secretary of War
James McHenry
naval constructor
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Secretary of Treasury

notable location

War Office
Philadelphia
Norfolk Virginia
Boston
Treasury Department
War Department

notable item/thing

frigate timbers
USS Constitution

notable idea/issue

naval act 1794
frigate construction

document number

1796091215155

page start

185

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[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:185.

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient George Claghorn [unknown] [n/a]