Type

Letterbook

Title

Request to shipbuilder

Description

Regarding ship building calculations, Secretary Knox asks that shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys estimate how many men it would require in two months to cut the frame in Georgia. Knox is likely referring the Southern Live Oak, found in Georgia.

year created

1794

month created

04

day created

10

author

Henry Knox

recipient

Joshua Humphreys

in 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)

in image

ZXA06

author note

Henry Knox

recipient note

Joshua Humphries

notable person/group

Joshua Humphreys
Henry Knox

notable location

Georgia
Philadelphia
War Department
War Office

notable item/thing

Live Oak
frigates
ships
shipbuilding

document number

1794041000101

page start

17
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