Request that live oak frigate timbers be exposed to air and protected from elements
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request that live oak frigate timbers be exposed to air and protected from elements
Description
Request goes out to clerk of shipyard at Norfolk [Gosport] Virginia to remove live oak timbers from the ground, separate the bolted timbers, gather all the remainder of timbers and ensure they are exposed to the air. If stem and floor are bolted, leave them as they are. Protect from sea and rain.
year created
1796
month created
09
day created
30
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
William Herbert
notable person/group
William Herbert
clerk of ship yard
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Office
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Gosport
Norfolk
Virginia
ship yard
notable item/thing
live oak
bolted timbers
timbers
floor timbers
stern
sea
rain
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796093015055
page start
191
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:192 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Herbert | [unknown] | [n/a] |