Request to Forward White Oak Timbers and Knees to Boston for Frigate Construction
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to Forward White Oak Timbers and Knees to Boston for Frigate Construction
Description
Request to Naval Agent Jacob Sheaffe at Portsmouth New Hampshire, that he forward white oak timbers and knees to Boston for the frigate building.
year created
1796
month created
10
day created
31
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from War Office
recipient note
Jacob Sheafe
notable person/group
Jacob Sheafe
naval agent
War Department
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Sheaf
Shefe
notable location
War Office
War Department
Boston
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
white oak timbers
knees
frigate
USS Constitution
USS Congress
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796103115055
page start
194
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:194 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jacob Sheafe | [unknown] | [n/a] |