Regarding the manning ship Delaware with Marines
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding the manning ship Delaware with Marines
Description
Preparations with ship Delaware, formerly Hamburg packet, complete. Requires Marines on board. Indispensable that ship put to sea to guard commerce along coast of United States. Propose to recruits that they be Marines, temporarily. Describes pay by rank. When Marines no longer wanted on Delaware, are to return to Infantry.
year created
1798
month created
06
day created
11
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
James McHenry
recipient note
Edward Miller
notable person/group
Edward Miller
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Marines
Secretary War
War Department
Stephen Decatur
Sergeant
Corporal
musician
Private
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
east coast United States
notable item/thing
ship Delaware
notable idea/issue
arming of civilian vessels
Quasi War with France
document number
1798061100155
page start
312
Item sets
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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:312 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author possibly James McHenry. |
| Recipient | Edward Miller | [unknown] | [n/a] |