Request to deliver frigate timber and planks to Captain Thomas Thompson for Algerine Frigate
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to deliver frigate timber and planks to Captain Thomas Thompson for Algerine Frigate
Description
Request to deliver frigate timber and planks to Captain Thomas Thompson for Algerine Frigate. Also request James Hackett to procure maple timbers for launching ways. Hackett to be charged for any injury to said timbers.
year created
1797
month created
05
day created
11
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
Captain Thomas Thompson
naval agent
naval superintendent
War Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
James Hackett
naval constructor
notable location
War Office
War Department
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
the Algerine Frigate
maple timbers
frigate timber
frigate planks
frigate
navy yard
dock
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Algerine Frigate
document number
1797051115155
page start
230
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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:230 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jacob Sheafe | [unknown] | [n/a] |