Letter from the War Office to congressman Josiah Parker regarding present state of frigates United States, Constitution, Constellation

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the War Office to congressman Josiah Parker regarding present state of frigates United States, Constitution, Constellation

Description

Statements and estimates regarding the frigates United States, Constitution and Constellation. Estimates the sum required to complete frigates; sum required for pay and subsistence of crew; sum for required articles. United States is complete. Constitution and Constellation not completed. List contains items at Norfolk, Portsmouth New Hampshire, and New York ship yards where other three frigates under construction.

year created

1797

month created

06

day created

16

secondary author

James McHenry

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

Josiah Parker

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

Josiah Parker

notable person/group

Josiah Parker
Josiah Fox
congress
War Department
War Office
Secretary of War
James McHenry
congressman
House of Representatives
carpenters
riggers
mast makers
Captain Samuel Nicholson
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Captain John Barry

notable location

War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
congress
Norfolk
New York
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Mud Fort
Delaware
Georgia

notable item/thing

frigate
estimates
frigate United States
frigate Constitution
frigate Constellation
guns
military stores
labor and tradesmen bills
materials
hemp
44 gun frigate
copper
rigging
blocks
deadeyes
rigging
live oak

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
congress oversight frigates

document number

1797061615455

page start

246

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[view document] (6 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:246-250

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Josiah Parker [unknown] [n/a]