Frigate Pumps

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Type

Letterbook

Description

McHenry informs Wolcott that Captain Barry, Captain Truxton, and Joshua Humphreys think that a patent pump is preferable to chain pumps and asks for an order of six of them.

Date

12/19/1796

Recipient

Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

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

1796121915155

Page start

198

Notable persons

Oliver Wolcott
James McHenry
Captain John Barry
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Joshua Humphreys
Burke
Bush
Secretary of the Treasury

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

frigate
patent pump
chain pump