Rigging a Frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Rigging a Frigate
Description
The writer responds to Thompson's proposal for rigging a frigate by offering terms of a contract and clearly specifying the work to be done.
short description
Response to proposal for rigging a frigate
year created
1797
month created
05
day created
09
secondary author
recipient
sent to location
Portsmouth
in image
author note
No Signature, from War Office
recipient note
Thomas Thompson
notable person/group
Thomas Thompson
notable location
Portsmouth
War Office
notable item/thing
proposal
rigging a frigate
contract
labor
rigging
cables
anchor
masts
yards
complete for sea
hang the rudders
tiller ropes
boats gaipes
busy ropes
gun tackling
blacken mast heads
deadeyes
blocks
document number
1797050915055
page start
229
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (315 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 Department | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Thompson | Portsmouth | [n/a] |