Pig Lead Instead of Sheet Lead for the "Constellation"

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John Harris Sir War Office July 10. 1797 Be pleased to deliver M^r Hodgden for transportation to Boston for the Frigate Constitution Five Tons Sheet Lead One hundred &fifty Brass mounted Muskets & Bayons with accoutrements complete. Two hundred Hand Grenades One thousand 24 pound Shot. — James M^cHenry John Harris Sir War Office July 11^th 1797. Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgden Esquire for the Frigate Constellation at Baltimore Five Tons of Pig Lead. — James M^cHenry Sam^l Hodgdon Sir War Office July 11^th 1797 You will be pleased to take order to sen to Baltimore for the Frigate Constellation Five Tons of Pig Lead in lieu of the Five Tons of Sheet Lead heretofore Ordered. — James M^cHenry.

Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Hodgdon should send five tons of pig lead in lieu of five tons of sheet lead to Baltimore for the frigate "Constellation."

Date

07/11/1797

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

1797071100255

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Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

James McHenry

Notable locations

War Office