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Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses progress on Frigate; dicusses caulking Frigate; discusses launching Frigate; asks for maple timber to launch Frigate.
short description
Ltr, des Frigate progress; ask timber.
year created
1797
month created
05
day created
04
note
This document was inserted during contents database conversion on January 24, 2007.
notable person/group
Secretary of War
notable item/thing
damage
timber will be ready fixed for that use and not injured for any other use
see fit to grant the above request you will please to let me know as soon as possible
following matter I wish you to take to the Secretary of War
permission may be granted me to take some of the large pieces of maple timber which were procured for launching ways for the other frigate to launch this frigate by returning them again into the dock
frigate is now in considerable forwardness
lower deck laid down, culed up in the hold & between decks
upper deck beams
her bottom squared fit for caulking
set ten caulkers to work next Monday
ready to launch by the last of june
document number
1797050460001
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