Request that frigate moulds be prepared for dispatch to shipyards
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request that frigate moulds be prepared for dispatch to shipyards
Description
Knox request that Humphreys prepare the frigate moulds for dispatch to New York, Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk, Portsmouth New Hampshire. Josiah Fox will also apply himself to the business.
year created
1794
month created
07
day created
24
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in image
note
References Naval Agents.
author note
Henry Knox
recipient note
Joshua Humphreys
notable person/group
Joshua Humphreys
Henry Knox
Josiah Fox
Jeremiah Yellot
John Langdon
Henry Jackson
John Blagge
Naval Agent
Secretary of War
notable location
War Department
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
notable item/thing
44 gun frigate
36 gun frigate
frigate moulds
molds
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
document number
1794072400455
page start
45
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | ZXA06 (315 pages) | 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) | V:1, P:45 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |