Request for estimate of costs to complete frigate at Baltimore

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Congress has called for statements of sums necessary to complete the frigates for sea. Request estimate of costs to complete hull, finish equipment, supply military stores regarding USS Constellation at Baltimore.

Date

06/06/1797

Recipient

Captain Thomas Truxtun

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

1797060615055

Page start

238

Notable persons

Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
naval agents
naval constructor
naval superintendent
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
War Office
congress

Notable locations

Baltimore
War Office
Congress

Notable items

military stores
USS Constellation