Captain Samuel Nicholson's Commission as Captain of USS Constitution

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Delivery of Captain Samuel Nicholson's commission in the service of United States as Captain and Commander of the USS Constitution. Acknowledges receipt of letter regarding destruction of public hemp by fire.

Date

03/07/1797

Recipient

Captain Samuel Nicholson

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

1797030715055

Page start

221

Note

Left margin states letter of same substance sent to Captain Thomas Truxton at Baltimore.

Notable persons

Captain Samuel Nicholson
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
naval superintendent
Commander USS Constitution
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxton

Notable locations

Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore

Notable items

frigate
USS Constitution
Old Ironsides
naval commission
hemp
fire