When European Powers are at War, We Are Subject to Insults & Depredations
Document 1797Truxton, while discussing the frigate building at Baltimore, makes a strong case for instituting a navy, with trained officers and seamen, to protect American shipping from interdiction by foreign vessels.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Truxton, while discussing the frigate building at Baltimore, makes a strong case for instituting a navy, with trained officers and seamen, to protect American shipping from interdiction by foreign vessels.
Date
03/03/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Baltimore
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797030340001
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Notable persons
James McHenry
Thomas Truxtun
officer fit for service
lieutenants and midshipmen
petty officers
boatswain
carpenter
cook
Stodder
Notable locations
Baltimore
navy yard
Notable items
frigate now building
Chinese system
commercial habits of trading beyond the sea
insult and depredation
ships of war
navy
seamen
British and French engagements at sea
tacticians
our Revolution
art of marine science
pusillanimity of Congress
small merchant ships
frigate
ordnance
wharf
anchors out
magazines of stores
provisions
contract
calculation of probable expenses
victuals on board
severity of the weather
deck beams