Request to ship yard clerk for inventory of timber and other articles upon completion of frigate Constellation at Baltimore
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to ship yard clerk for inventory of timber and other articles upon completion of frigate Constellation at Baltimore
Description
Letter directs ship yard clerk Garretson to make inventory of all frigate timber and wood that remains unused following completion of the frigate Constellation. After this inventory done, conduct inventory of other articles, including buildings.
year created
1797
month created
11
day created
30
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
note
No signature, assumed to be from McHenry but may be Josiah Fox.
author note
James McHenry
recipient note
Isaac Garretson
notable person/group
Isaac Garretson
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Secretary of War
ship yard clerk
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
notable item/thing
timber
inventory
frigate
live oak
white oak
pine plank
spars
shores
blocks
articles
buildings
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797113000055
page start
273
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 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:273 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Authors possibly McHenry or Josiah Fox Navy Constructor |
| Recipient | Isaac Garretson | [unknown] | [n/a] |