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[John Harris Sir] War Office May 6^th 1797 You will be pleased to deliver for the Frigate Constellation building at Baltimore One hundred Stands of Arms and Accoutrements complete I am James Mc Henry [John Harris Sir] War Office May 8^th 1797 Be pleased to deliver to the order of Cap^t John Barry one hundred Tons of Kentledge for the Frigate United States By Order of the Sec^y of War John Stagg Jun^r [John Harris Sir] War Office May 19 1797 Please to deliver to the order of M^r Scott Clark of the Navy Yard a Ships Pendant for the Frigate United States James Mc Henry [Col Hodgdon Sir] War Office May 26 1797 I am just informed that the Shot and Kentledge which were cast by Mess^rs Faesch and Company are deposited at Elizabeth Town & wasting daily by Children and others throwing the [text continues beyond image]

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Letterbook Copy

Description

McHenry has heard that the shot and kentledge cast by Faesch & [Coxe] Company and deposited at Elizabeth Town New Jersey and elsewhere is being wasted because of children and others throwing into creeks. Harris is directed to proceed to the places of deposit, reexamine the shot and hentledge and arrange for the safekeeping of that which is still fit for service.

Date

05/26/1797

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

War Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May

Document number

1797052600055

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Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

James McHenry

Notable locations

War Office

Notable items

ballast