Letterbook Copy

Letter, discusses request for extra boat re Frigate; discusses sheet lead for Frigates; discusses officers to man Frigates.

07/12/1797

War Office

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The context of this letter suggests that the recipient is one of the three Frigate captains that would launch their vessels in 1797: the Frigate United States on May 10, 1797, the Frigate Constellation on September 7, 1797, and the Frigate Constitution on October 21, 1797. Prior to the date of this letter, the Frigate United States was successfully launched, and Thomas Truxton of the Frigate Constellation is mentioned in comparison to the unnamed recipient. The probable recipient of this letter by elimination is Captain Samuel Nicholson of the Frigate Consitution building at Boston, Massachusetts.

Captain Samuel Nicholson

Josiah Fox

Capt. Truxton

Tench Francis

Secretary of War

War Office

Boston

United States

Constellation

anchors

rolls

ships