Receipt for Shipbuilding Materials for Frigate

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Receipt for Shipbuilding Materials for Frigate

Description

Fiscal, receipt for shipbuilding materials; describes materials for Frigate at Portsmouth Navy yard.

short description

Fiscal, recpt re shipbuilding materials

year created

1796

month created

11

day created

02

sent from location

Portsmouth Navy Yard

in image

author note

James Hackett

notable person/group

James Hackett
Jacob Sheafe
Colonel James Hackett
naval agent

notable location

Portsmouth Navy Yard
Mediterranean
Portsmouth

notable item/thing

white oak
white oak plank
pine plank
board
long white oak timber
short white oak timber
pine timber
white oak knees
spruce spars
white oak trennails
plank
timbers
knees
contract
frigate
Mediterranean Service
triplicate receipts

notable phrase

dollars in pursuance of a contract which I have entered into with the United States to build a frigate in this port for the Mediterranean service

document number

1796110290001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) BBO07 (1 pages) Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers P: 124

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Colonel James Hackett Portsmouth Navy Yard [n/a]