Request for inventory of timber plank remaining at Baltimore ship yard
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for inventory of timber plank remaining at Baltimore ship yard
Description
Request for inventory of timber plank remaining at Baltimore ship yard after the frigate Constellation is completed.
year created
1797
month created
07
day created
30
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
Josiah Fox.
recipient note
Thomas Truxton
notable person/group
Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Josiah Fox
Secretary of War
James McHenry
ship yard clerk
War Department
notable location
War Office
Baltimore
Philadelphia
navy yard
notable item/thing
frigate Constellation
planks
timber planks
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797073035055
page start
274
Item sets
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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:274 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author possibly Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor. |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Truxtun | [unknown] | [n/a] |