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)

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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)

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Sec Navy Requisitions on Sec Treas, RG45

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Urgent request for frigate expenditures to naval agents at Baltimore and Boston Document
Request to the constructor in Baltimore David Stodder for a statement as to principal causes of delay in frigate construction Document
Compensation for the sorting, security and transportation of frigate timber to Corlear's Hook in New York Harbor Document
Estimate of Expenditures for Construction of Frigates of Various Tonnage Document
Estimate of Building and Equipping Ship of Forty Guns Rated at 1300 Tons Document
Pierce Butler estimate for a brigantine of 14 guns equal to about 200 tons Document
Regarding Captain Samuel Nicholson request to draw rations at Boston Document
Estimate for building and equipping a ship of war from Thomas Fitzsimmons Document
Thomas Fitzsimmons submission of 3 estimates for frigate construction Document
Samuel Hodgdon estimate of cost of frigate from 8 to 12 hundred tons at the present price of building in Philadelphia Document
Request for Ship Builder Document
Request to shipbuilder Document
Knox to Secretary of Treasury Hamilton estimates for timber, plank, copper for construction of Frigates; on procurement of timber in the south; negroes as workers; assignment of ship building contracts Document
Estimate of amount of timber for a frigate from Joshua Humphreys Document
Knox forwards Joshua Humphreys' recommendations and estimates on the costs of procuring white oak timber and planking; includes principal dimensions of several French and British war ships Document
Queries from Henry Knox to John Wharton regarding Joshua Humphreys' and Josiah Fox' estimates and proposals on frigate design Document
Estimate of Timber Document
Knox transmits Joshua Humphreys' estimates for timber procurement costs to Asst Secretary of Treasury Tench Coxe Document
Letter to Captains Barry, Nicholson, Talbot, Barney, Dale, and Truxton appointing them Captains of the first six frigates constructed Document
Inquiry to Captain Joshua Barney regarding relative rank with Captain Talbot and whether he will accept appointment as Captain Document
Copy of Captain Silas Talbot Oath of Allegiance sworn before James Wilson. Document
Directions from Knox to Humphreys on contracting with carpenters for construction of building for making the moulds Document
List of articles required for equipment of 44 and 36 gun frigates Document
Captain Thomas Truxton Oath of Allegiance sworn before Richard Peters. Document
Henry Knox announces names of naval agents to Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, informs that Charleston will not be one of the ports for construction, and names John Morgan and Joshua Humphreys as constructors Document