Importing anchors from Europe
Document 1794Letter to Thomas Pinckney, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain. Writes that it has been determined to import from Europe twenty anchors for the use of six frigates. Asks that Pinckney cause the anchors to be procured and shipped. Hamilton advises shipping them to Norfolk, Baltimore, Portsmouth, or Boston.
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Printed Document
Description
Letter to Thomas Pinckney, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain. Writes that it has been determined to import from Europe twenty anchors for the use of six frigates. Asks that Pinckney cause the anchors to be procured and shipped. Hamilton advises shipping them to Norfolk, Baltimore, Portsmouth, or Boston.
Date
12/23/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Collection
Document number
1794122390100
Note
Typescript furnished by the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, and taken from the original owned by Mr. Beverly Middleton, Charleston.
Notable persons
Thomas Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
Treasurer
guilders
commissioners
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Norfolk
Baltimore
Portsmouth
Boston
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Notable items
imports
anchors
frigates
memorandum
invoice
shipment