Request for delivery of cannon for fortifications of United States

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request for delivery to the order of Tench Francis, Purveyor: thirty-Four 24 pounder cannon for U.S. fortifications.

Date

06/23/1797

Recipient

John Brown

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

1797062315055

Page start

251

Notable persons

John Brown
Tench Francis
Josiah Fox
Purveyor
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Office

Notable locations

Hope Furnace
War Office
Philadelphia
coastal fortifications

Notable items

cannon
24 pounders
fortifications