Orders to execute coppering of frigate Constitution while on the stocks
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Orders to execute coppering of frigate Constitution while on the stocks
Description
Orders to execute coppering of frigate Constitution while on the stocks before launching as high as light water mark, as soon as the bottom is prepared.
year created
1797
month created
07
day created
27
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Boston
in image
author note
No Signature, from War Office.
recipient note
George Claghorn
notable person/group
George Claghorn
Josiah Fox
Claghorne
Navy Constructor
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War
notable location
Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
frigate
coppering
frigate Constitution
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797072715055
page start
260
Item sets
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Document instances
In image | In source | Location in source | |
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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:260 |
Document names
Type | Name | Location | Notes |
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Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author is possibly Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor. |
Recipient | George Claghorn | Boston | [n/a] |