Military Stores Wanted for Three Frigates

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[Sam] Hodgdon [Sir] Office June 12 1797 I have in[closed] you a Statement of military Stores requ[ired for] the Frigates — You will be pleased to in[form me] what part may be drawn from the Stores of the United States and where they are deposited — Military Stores wanted as p^r requisition for the Three Frigates John Harri[s] 300 Muskets with Bayonets & complete — 108 d^o sent to Baltimore May 4 1797 making 400 franci — 250 pair Pistols 300 Boarding Axes 550 Cutlasses 44 Blunderbusses 300 Boarding Pikes with Staffs 120 Battle Lanthorns 20 Signal — d^o N^o 1 25 d^o — D^o — 2 6 Doz of Tar — D^o — 1½ D^o Dark — d^o John Harris [undecipherable] 670 Barrels of Cannon Powder 10000 Round Shot for 24 pounders 1600 Chain and double Head shot 24 pounders 2200 Stools of Grape and Cannistr[y] shot 24 pounders Fran[cis] 4800 Round Shot for 12 pounders Artilc[le] 720 double headed & Chain shot for 12 pounders th. S[undecipherable] 900 Stools of Grape and Canister Shot for 12 pounders 600 Hand granades

Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

McHenry provides a list of the military stores required for the three frigates and directs Hodgdon to determine what can be drawn from the stores of the United States and the locations where they are deposited.

Date

06/12/1797

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

1797061215055

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Note

The author is not shown but, based on the content, it is believed to be James McHenry.

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

Notable locations

War Office

Baltimore

Notable items

military stores

frigates

muskets with bayonets

pistols

boarding axes

cutlasses

blunderbusses

boarding pikes with staffs

bottle lanthorns

signal lanthorns

tin lanthorns

dark lanthorns

lanterns

cannon powder

round shot for six pounders

chain and double headed shot

grape shot

cannister shot

round shot for 12 pounders

double headed and chain shot for 12 pounders

hand grenades

musket and pistol balls

speaking trumpets

sheet lead

howitzers

implements for each gun

barrels powder for muskets and pistols