On recovery from bilious yellow fever; Captain Truxton's request for extra expenses and delivery of heavy anchor
Document 1797Author suffering "billious yellow fever." Will converse with President John Adams over the matter of claim for extra expenses during building of frigate. Has been sometime since he order Tench Francis to have brought a heavy anchor from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Baltimore.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Author suffering "billious yellow fever." Will converse with President John Adams over the matter of claim for extra expenses during building of frigate. Has been sometime since he order Tench Francis to have brought a heavy anchor from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Baltimore.
Date
09/18/1797
Recipient
Sent from
near Downingstown
Repository
Document number
1797091815355
Page start
266
Notable persons
Captain Thomas Truxton
Truxtun
Josiah Fox
Navy Constructor
President of United States
John Adams
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Tench Francis
purveyor public supplies
Notable locations
Near Downingstown
Philadelphia
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Baltimore
Downingtown
Notable items
frigate Constellation
bilious yellow fever
heavy anchor
claim
expenses