Material for Binding the Awnings of the "United States"

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War Office June 8^th 1797 John Harris Sir You will be pleased to deliver M^r Hodgd[undecipherable] for transportation to Boston all the Copper furnished [undecipherable] the Surveyor for the Frigate Constitution.— James McHenry

Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Harris is directed to deliver to Mr. Dowers the nine pieces of scarlet binding needed for binding the awnings of the frigate "United States."

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

1797060800456

Page start

Note

Partially obscured.

Notable persons

John Harris

James McHenry

Notable locations

War Office

Philadelphia