Request for kentledge to be sent to Henry Jackson, naval agent at Boston

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Request for kentledge to be sent to Henry Jackson, naval agent at Boston

Description

Request for 106 tons of kentledge to be sent to Henry Jackson, naval agent at Boston for USS Constitution.

year created

1797

month created

05

day created

25

secondary author

War Office

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

Foreman Cheeseman

sent to location

New York

in 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)

in image

ZXA06

author note

No signature, from War Office.

recipient note

Forman Cheeseman

notable person/group

Forman Cheeseman
Henry Jackson
naval agent
naval constructor
War Department
James McHenry
Captain Silas Talbot
naval superintendent

notable location

New York
War Office
Boston
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

USS Constitution
kentledge

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1797052515155

page start

235

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[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:235

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author War Office Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Foreman Cheeseman New York [n/a]