Type

Letterbook

Title

On the selection and forwarding of live oak frigate timbers to Boston and Baltimore

Description

McHenry requests shipment of live oak frigate timbers to Baltimore and Boston. Notes that naval constructor Forman Cheeseman will point out the specific timbers to be forwarded.

year created

1796

month created

08

day created

08

secondary author

James McHenry

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

John Blagge

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 Office

recipient note

John Blagge

notable person/group

John Blagge
naval agent
Forman Cheeseman
naval constructor
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
War Office

notable location

War Office
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Baltimore

notable item/thing

live oak frigate timbers

notable idea/issue

Naval Act 1794
frigate construction

document number

1796080815055

page start

182
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