Request regarding purchase of 9 and 6 pounder cannon for the Algerine frigate Crescent
Document 1797Fox conveys Secretary of War James McHenry request that Captain Thomas Truxton examine if 6 and 9 pound cannon suitable for the Algerine Frigate may be procured in Baltimore, since Mr. Hughes failed in his contract to provide cannon. Also discusses Captain Nicholson request for anchor from Portsmouth New Hampshire for the frigate Constitution.
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Letterbook
Description
Fox conveys Secretary of War James McHenry request that Captain Thomas Truxton examine if 6 and 9 pound cannon suitable for the Algerine Frigate may be procured in Baltimore, since Mr. Hughes failed in his contract to provide cannon. Also discusses Captain Nicholson request for anchor from Portsmouth New Hampshire for the frigate Constitution.
Date
08/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Document number
1797080735155
Page start
278
Notable persons
Thomas Truxton
Josiah Fox
Treasury Department
Mr. Hughes
Truxtun
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
Dey of Algiers
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Algerine
Algeria
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Algiers
Treasury Department.
Notable items
Algerine frigate
Crescent
6 pounder
nine pounder
frigate
contract
anchor
frigate Constitution
frigate Constellation
Crescent