Request to take possession of books and papers held by the deceased clerk

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Until the pleasure of the congress can be known under Act authorizing the equipment of frigates, Pickering advises Talbot that he take possession of the books and papers of deceased Clerk.

Date

03/22/1796

Recipient

Captain Silas Talbot

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

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

Document number

1796032215255

Page start

160

Notable persons

Captain Silas Talbot
deceased clerk
superintendent
Secretary of War
James McHenry

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
New York

Notable items

books
papers