Regarding iron work for frigate built by James Hackett
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding iron work for frigate built by James Hackett
Description
Discusses proposal by James Hill for providing iron work for frigate to be built by James Hackett at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Requests that Fox procure the terms of the contract; how the iron will be furnished.
year created
1796
month created
09
day created
19
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
James Hackett
naval constructor
War Department
War Office
James McHenry
Navy
James Hill
contractor
notable location
War Office
War Department
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
frigate
iron work
notable idea/issue
Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
Barbary Wars
document number
1796091915055
page start
189
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:189. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |