Report on bill (S.1133) A bill to pay to Richmond Locomotive Works its claim for damages...incurred in construction of battleship Texas

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Battleship Texas Foundation

Name/Title

Report on bill (S.1133) A bill to pay to Richmond Locomotive Works its claim for damages...incurred in construction of battleship Texas

Entry/Object ID

2021.1002.10

Tags

1895 Battleship Texas

Scope and Content

Congressional Report for the 55th Congress 2nd session regarding legislation to compensate the Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works for damages incurred during their construction of the first battleship Texas. Report has no cover, back, and the binding is loose. The report appears to have been torn from a larger volume. It is 16 pages front and back.

Context

The 1895 Texas was the 1st ship named USS Texas. She was a pre-dreadnought battleship commissioned from August 15, 1895, to February 11, 1911.

Collection

Historical Collections

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Report

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

Dec 15, 1897