Estimate of Ship of War to Be Built at Portsmouth, N.H.
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Estimate of Ship of War to Be Built at Portsmouth, N.H.
Description
Estimate of Ship of War to be built at Portsmouth.
short description
Fiscal, Estimate of Ship of War.
year created
1798
month created
02
day created
26
author
sent from location
Portsmouth
in collection
in image
notable person/group
James Hackett
builders
notable location
Portsmouth
Portsmouth, N.H.
New Hampshire
notable item/thing
New England timber beams and decks of yellow pine at the present price of materials and labor
dollars
masts
yards
tops
naval stores
iron or copper work together with boats
joiner's work
carved work
completed in ten months with a good gang of sixty men
if government should seek it to have the live oak timber used in the above ship
builder
price of white oak timber
ship can be built
knees & plank belonging to government
ship of war calculated to carry thirty eight guns
tons
frigate construction
white oak timbers
guns
yellow pine
frigate Crescent
document number
1798022690002
page start
1
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | BBI12 (2 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Colonel James Hackett | Portsmouth | [n/a] |