Type

Letterbook

Title

Statement of live oak timbers for 36 gun frigate at Baltimore

Description

Josiah Fox to John Morgan, who is supervising cutting of timbers in Georgia. Statement of the live oak timbers for 36 gun frigates at Baltimore. Similar timber may be sent to Portsmouth New Hampshire.

year created

1795

month created

10

day created

24

author

Josiah Fox

sent from location

Norfolk Virginia

recipient

John Morgan

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

No signature, from War Department.

recipient note

John Morgan

notable person/group

John Morgan
Secretary of War
naval constructor
Timothy Pickering

notable location

Philadelphia
Georgia
Baltimore
Portsmouth New Hampshire

notable item/thing

deadwood
stem
timber
port cells
futtocks
red cedar

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1795102415156

page start

135
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