On recovery from bilious yellow fever; Captain Truxton's request for extra expenses and delivery of heavy anchor
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
On recovery from bilious yellow fever; Captain Truxton's request for extra expenses and delivery of heavy anchor
Description
Author suffering "billious yellow fever." Will converse with President John Adams over the matter of claim for extra expenses during building of frigate. Has been sometime since he order Tench Francis to have brought a heavy anchor from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Baltimore.
year created
1797
month created
09
day created
18
secondary author
sent from location
near Downingstown
recipient
in image
author note
No Signature
recipient note
Thomas Truxton
notable person/group
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Josiah Fox
Navy Constructor
President of United States
John Adams
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Tench Francis
purveyor public supplies
notable location
Near Downingstown
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Baltimore
Downingtown
notable item/thing
frigate Constellation
bilious yellow fever
heavy anchor
claim
expenses
notable idea/issue
bilious yellow fever
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797091815355
page start
266
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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:266 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | near Downingstown | Author possibly Secretary of War James McHenry. |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Truxtun | [unknown] | [n/a] |