Letter from the War Office to Naval Agents, Samuel & Joseph Sterrett regarding provision of security detachment for frigate at Navy Yard at Baltimore
Document 1796Captain Staats Morris has been given orders to furnish a guard for the protection of frigate and other public property at Baltimore ship yard. Since not much is being accomplished on account of the weather, recommend that the workers be dismissed until spring.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Captain Staats Morris has been given orders to furnish a guard for the protection of frigate and other public property at Baltimore ship yard. Since not much is being accomplished on account of the weather, recommend that the workers be dismissed until spring.
Date
12/26/1796
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1796122615055
Page start
198
Note
Addressed to Mssrs. S&J Sterrett
Notable persons
Naval Agents
Samuel and Joseph Sterret
War Office
War Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Captain Staats Morris
guard
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
navy yard Baltimore
Baltimore
Notable items
guard
frigate