Request to deliver live oak timber for frigate construction to naval agent Henry Jackson at Boston
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to deliver live oak timber for frigate construction to naval agent Henry Jackson at Boston
Description
Naval Agent at Portsmouth Jacob Sheaffe is requested to deliver live oak timber for frigate construction to naval agent Henry Jackson at Boston.
year created
1797
month created
05
day created
05
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No Signature, from War Office
recipient note
Jacob Sheafe
notable person/group
Jacob Sheaffe
Henry Jackson
naval agent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
notable location
War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Philadelphia
Portsmouth navy yard
notable item/thing
live oak timber
planks
frigate
USS Congress
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797050515055
page start
228
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:228 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jacob Sheafe | [unknown] | [n/a] |