Request for estimate on when nine and six pounder cannon will be ready for proving

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Cannons may be needed in June. Request for estimate on when the nine and six pound cannon will be ready so that the engineer can make plans on when to proceed to Cecil Furnace Maryland for proving.

Date

05/20/1797

Recipient

Samuel Hughes

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

1797052015255

Page start

231

Notable persons

Samuel Hughes
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department

Notable locations

War Office
Cecil Furnace
Philadelphia

Notable items

six pounder
nine pounder
cannon
frigate