Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Agents, Superintendents, Constructors, Clerks of Ship Yard appointed for building of frigates
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Circular Letter from the War Office to Naval Agents, Superintendents, Constructors, Clerks of Ship Yard appointed for building of frigates
Description
Instructions for the "Persons Appointed to Build Frigates." Includes naval agents, superintendents, constructors, clerks of the ship yard. Discusses accounting, management of workforce, reporting instructions, procurement of materials. Added instructions provided to Clerk of Ship Yard at Baltimore;
year created
1794
month created
08
author
secondary recipient
in image
created note
date derived from location in letterbook
author note
Instructions from War Office
notable person/group
Naval Agents
artificers
workmen
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Superintendent
constructor
shipwrights
clerk of ship yard
auditor of Treasury
Department of Treasury
Department of War
US Navy
master mechanic
Samuel Hodgdon
Superintendent of Army and Navy
notable location
Philadelphia
ship yard
Baltimore
notable item/thing
contracts
certificates
receipts
expenditures
monies
bank book
frigate
materials
hull
timber
iron
masts
cordage
hemp
vouchers
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1794089916156
page start
52
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (8 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:52-59. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Naval Agents, Constructors, Superintendents, Clerks of Ship Yard | [unknown] | [n/a] |