On the treatment of sick ashore; and delivery of guns for Algerine frigate
Document 1797Recommends the treatment of sick ashore as more conducive to recovery. Refers to delivery of guns for Algerine frigate under contract to Mr. Hughes. If he fails in contract, Samuel Hodgdon ordered to procure guns from public magazine and deliver to Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Recommends the treatment of sick ashore as more conducive to recovery. Refers to delivery of guns for Algerine frigate under contract to Mr. Hughes. If he fails in contract, Samuel Hodgdon ordered to procure guns from public magazine and deliver to Portsmouth New Hampshire.
Date
09/11/1797
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1797091115055
Page start
265
Notable persons
Tench Francis
Samuel Hodgdon
Josiah Fox
purveyor of public supplies
Navy Constructor
Dr. Gillaspy
surgeon
Mr. Hughes
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Captain John Barry
Notable locations
Near Downingstown
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Algiers
Notable items
cannon
medicine
frigate United States
Crescent
Algerine frigate