Request for Information About Frigate at Portsmouth [Chesapeake]

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[undecipherable] near Doamingstown 14 Sept^o 1797 — Se^cy of War —

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, asks for information regarding frigate at Portsmouth; mentions McHenry fever.

Date

09/14/1797

Author

John McHenry

Recipient

Josiah Fox

Sent from

Near Downings Town

Repository

Peabody Essex Museum: Phillips Library

Collection

Josiah Fox Papers

Document number

1797091415001

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Notable persons

Josiah Fox

John McHenry

Pickering

Notable locations

Near Downings Town

Portsmouth

Notable items

frigates