Request for transport of military stores to frigates at Baltimore, Boston and Philadelphia

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request for Military stores for the Naval Service to be sent to Baltimore for the USS Constellation, Boston, for the USS Constitution, and Philadelphia, USS United States. Items include hand grenades; shot lead; 24 pounder shot; sheet lead; lanthorns; [lanterns];

Date

07/01/1797

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

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

1797070115355

Page start

253

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon
Josiah Fox
War Department
Secretary of War
navy constructor
naval service

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore

Notable items

hand grenades
shot lead
24 pounder shot
sheet lead
lanthorns
[lanterns]
USS Constellation
USS Constitution
USS United States
military stores