Request for arms and articles for crew of frigate Constitution at Boston

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request to Samuel Hodgdon to deliver arms and ammunition stores for the frigate Constitution at Boston.

Date

08/10/1797

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

1797081015255

Page start

261

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon
Josiah Fox
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Naval Constructor

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia
Boston

Notable items

boarding axe
blunderbuss
musket ball
pistol ball
copper pumps
boarding pikes
quarter pikes
frigate Constitution