Requests Order for Muskets & Bayonets for Frigate Congress

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Order for Muskets & Bayonets for Frigate Congress

Description

Encloses information about loan of muskets. Requests order for bayonets and muskets for frigate Congress, ordered on voyage to Batavia.

year created

1799

month created

12

day created

03

author

Benjamin Stoddert

sent from location

Navy Department

recipient

James McHenry

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)

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ZWW23
ZWW23a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddert
Secretary of War

notable location

Navy Department
frigate Congress
Batavia (Jakarta)
Essex

document number

1799120340401

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWW23 (1 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) P: 24
[view document] (1 pages) ZWW23a (1 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) P: 24

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Stoddert Navy Department [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]