Type

Letterbook

Title

Henry Knox requests Captain Richard Dale go to Norfolk to begin frigate construction

Description

Knox requests that Captain Richard Dale, superintendent for frigate construction, repair to Norfolk without delay, meet with the Naval Agent William Pennock, in order to start frigate construction. Provisional appointment as constructor is John Morgan; may be delayed. Asks that Dale and Pennock try to find a capable constructor or master builder.

year created

1794

month created

08

day created

08

author

Henry Knox

sent from location

War Department

recipient

Captain Richard Dale

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

Richard Dale

notable person/group

Captain Richard Dale
Henry Knox
Naval Agent
William Pennock
John Morgan
Constructor
Master Builder
USS Chesapeake
US Navy

notable location

War Department
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Virginia

notable item/thing

frigate

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1794080800655

page start

49
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