Request for exact return on plank sent from Portsmouth New Hampshire navy yard to Boston for frigate Constitution
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for exact return on plank sent from Portsmouth New Hampshire navy yard to Boston for frigate Constitution
Description
Ref: materials provided for the construction of the frigate Constitution from the Navy Yard at Portsmouth.
year created
1798
month created
03
day created
20
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
James McHenry
recipient note
Caleb Gibbs
notable person/group
Caleb Gibbs
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Navy constructor
Secretary War
clerk at ship yard Boston
navy yard Po
notable location
War Office
Boston
Philadelphia
navy yard Portsmouth New Hampshire
Portsmouth New Hampshire
notable item/thing
plank
materials
document number
1798032000155
page start
291
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:291 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author possibly Josiah Fox Navy constructor. |
| Recipient | Caleb Gibbs | [unknown] | [n/a] |