On retaining the frigate riders and the issue of hogging
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
On retaining the frigate riders and the issue of hogging
Description
Discusses the issue of stress on the keel and the use of riders and whether the frigate gets hogged. Asks that Captain Truxton retain two thirds of the riders proposed.
year created
1796
month created
11
day created
02
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
no signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Thomas Truxton
notable person/group
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
Joshua Humphreys
War Office
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
notable item/thing
keel
riders
frigate
hogged
USS Constellation
notable idea/issue
hogging of ship
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
notable phrase
hogging
document number
1796110215055
page start
195
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 | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Truxtun | [unknown] | [n/a] |