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in the Creek [undecipherable] ying them in the Mud— These [I] suppose are th[e] [undecipherable] and Hentlege mentioned in your Letter of the [undecipherable] which you were appointed by the parties to re[undecipherable] and make a decisive report there And which [undecipherable] you to attend to in my Letter of the 29 July Alt^r.— As as report has been made to me upon this Subject I have to request that you will as Soon as convenient, proceed to the places where the Shot and Hentledge made by M^rs [undecipherable] and Co pany are deposited and reexamine and inspect th[em] accordingly and take measures for the safe keeping of Such of them as shall in your opinion be fit for Servi[ce] as Shall be by you Considered adviseable & proper.— James McHenry [John Harris] Sir War Office June 5 1797 You will be pleased to deliver M^r Hody[undecipherable] for transportation to Boston all the Copper furnished the Surveyor for the Frigate Constitution.— James McHenry [h Harris] Sir War Office June [5?] Please to deliver M^r Dowers the [undecipherable] Two and a quarter groce or Nine [undecipherable] [undecipherable] binding for binding the Awnings of the Frigate United States— James M^cHenry

Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Harris is directed to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon, for transportation to Boston, all of the copper furnished by the purveyor for the frigate "Constitution."

Date

06/08/1797

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

John Harris

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

1797060800256

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Notable persons

John Harris

James McHenry

Notable locations

War Office

Massachusetts

Notable items

frigate construction