Type

Letterbook

Title

Statement for Timber for 36-gun frigates.

Description

Naval Constructor Josiah Fox lists the dimensions of timber for 36 gun frigate.

year created

1795

month created

10

day created

20

author

Josiah Fox

recipient

War Office

sent to location

Philadelphia

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

Josiah Fox

notable person/group

Josiah Fox
naval constructor
Secretary of War
War Department
Timothy Pickering

notable location

Gosport
Norfolk
Virginia

notable item/thing

timbers
36 gun frigate
USS Chesapeake

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1795102015055

page start

136
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