Regarding the Storage of a Supply of Handspikes
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Regarding the Storage of a Supply of Handspikes
Description
Refers to a problem with storing handspikes -- if they cannot be stored at the shipyard, Pickering notes that placement in the common storage would cost more than the entire cost of the handspikes. Appended is a list of some measurements or values for the forward [before] and aft [abaft] sections of a ship.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
11
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Joshua Humphreys
Timothy Pickering
notable location
War Office
notable item/thing
handspikes
storage
measurements
ship
notable idea/issue
cost of storage
document number
1795051100101
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | NBS02 (3 pages) | Collection: Joshua Humphreys Correspondence | Vol. 2 Page 5 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |