Request for progress report on frigate construction in anticipation of request from Congress

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request for progress report on frigate construction in anticipation of request from Congress. Include information on state of hull, equipment, and expected date of launching.

Date

05/18/1797

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

1797051815055

Page start

231

Notable persons

Captain Samuel Nicholson
naval superintendent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Congress
George Claghorn
Claghorne
naval constructor

Notable locations

Boston
War Office
Philadelphia
Congress

Notable items

USS Constitution
hull
frigate
materials