Requisite for the Frigate at Portsmouth Destined for Algiers
Document 1798The following are required for the frigate at Portsmouth destined for Algiers: one ensign jack and pendant, American; one ensign and pendant, Spanish; one ensign and pendant, British; one ensign and pendant, French. The ensigns should be 28 in size, agreeable to the standards established by the British navy.
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[Capt O'Brien, 30th August 1797, Colonel [undecipherable]]
[Hays →]
[126]
[Received From State Dep't, Nov 24. 1893, P.O. 401810]
Requisite for the frigate at Portsmouth Destined for Algiers
1 Ensign Jack & Pendant American
4 Ensign & Pendant, [undecipherable: Spanish?]
1 Ensign & Pendant British
1 Ensign & Pendant French.
This Ensigns to be agreeable to the Size of a 22 Gun Ships Establishment agreeable to the British navey
Sir I am very respectfully yr most obt
O Brien
To Colonel Hodgdon —
[Ensign say [undecipherable] hoist 45 feet fly as there Dimensions to the [undecipherable] Panter — the Jack, and Pendants in proportion]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The following are required for the frigate at Portsmouth destined for Algiers: one ensign jack and pendant, American; one ensign and pendant, Spanish; one ensign and pendant, British; one ensign and pendant, French. The ensigns should be 28 in size, agreeable to the standards established by the British navy.
Date
08/30/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797083080001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain [Richard] O'Brien