Request for pilot boat to locate and deliver letter to Captain Richard Dale on board the ship Ganges
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for pilot boat to locate and deliver letter to Captain Richard Dale on board the ship Ganges
Description
Regarding hiring of Pilot boat to find and deliver letter to Captain Richard Dale aboard "Ganges." Dale's ship is to be found somewhere between Cape Henlopen and Cape James, off the coast of Delaware.
year created
1798
month created
06
day created
12
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
secondary recipient
in image
author note
James McHenry
recipient note
Willings Franks
notable person/group
Mr.Willings
Mr. Francis
Messrs. Willings and Francis
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
navy constructor
Secretary War
War Department
Captain Richard Dale
master
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
Cape Henlopen
Cape James
Delaware
notable item/thing
ship Ganges
letter
notable idea/issue
Quasi War with France
document number
1798061200355
page start
313
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:313 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author possibly James McHenry. |
| Recipient | Willings & Francis | [unknown] | Messrs. Willings and Francis. |