Regarding forwarding of white oak timbers and knees from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Boston for frigate construction
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding forwarding of white oak timbers and knees from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Boston for frigate construction
Description
Naval Agent Jacob Sheaffe has been directed to forward white oak timbers and knees to Boston for frigate construction.
year created
1796
month created
11
day created
03
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
no signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Henry Jackson
notable person/group
Henry Jackson
Jacob Sheaffe
naval agent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Office
War Department
notable location
War Office
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
frigate
white oak timbers
knees
USS Constitution
USS Congress
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1796110315155
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:195 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Jackson | [unknown] | [n/a] |