Regarding Blacksmiths' Work Aboard Frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Regarding Blacksmiths' Work Aboard Frigate
Description
Letter, describes terms of blacksmiths helping construct elements for a frigate.
short description
Ltr, des blacksmith terms re Frigate.
year created
1796
month created
11
day created
03
author
sent from location
Portsmouth
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
Josiah Fox
recipient note
Tench Francis
notable person/group
Tench Francis
Josiah Fox
Hackett
Messrs Hill
Elisha Hill
James Hill
blacksmiths
clerks
purveyor
notable location
Portsmouth
notable item/thing
propositions
iron
iron work
gross weight
charge
cutting
bolts
blocks
deadeyes
floors
frames
frigate
notable phrase
lowest they can afford to furnish the iron and work
will not allow gross weight
government furnish the iron of the sizes required and it is cut to the length only without being worked
custom with all blacksmiths in this town to charge as sum the weight of all blocks and deadeyes that are shap'd
weight of the deadeyes they say they must charge as iron
large quantities of iron
frames
document number
1796110315001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | BBO01 (1 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | P: 120 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Josiah Fox | Portsmouth | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Francis | [unknown] | [n/a] |