Request to send anchor to Baltimore for frigate Constellation

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request to send anchor to Baltimore for frigate Constellation. Use ports of Boston or New York. Constellation will be somewhere in Chesapeake Bay or Patapsco.

Date

11/10/1797

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

Jacob Sheafe

Sent from

War Office

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

1797111000055

Page start

271

Notable persons

Jacob Sheaffe
Naval Agent
James McHenry
Secretary War
War Department

Notable locations

War Office
Chesapeake Bay
Patapsco
Baltimore
Portsmouth New Hampshire
New York
Boston

Notable items

anchor
frigate
frigate Constellation