Request for inquiry regarding availability of cannon for Algerine frigate

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Josiah Fox conveys Secretary of War James McHenry request as to whether any ships guns, 26 nine pounders and 12 six pounders, can be purchased for the Algerine frigate, and their price.

Date

07/08/1797

Author

Josiah Fox

Recipient

Tench Francis

Sent from

War Office

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

1797070735055

Page start

255

Notable persons

Tench Francis
Josiah Fox
Secretary of War
Naval Constructor
Secretary of War
James McHenry
purveyor
Dey of Algiers

Notable locations

War Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Philadelphia
Algiers

Notable items

cannon
nine pounders
six pounders
Algerine frigate
Crescent