Articles for the Frigate "Constellation"
Document 1797Hodgdon is directed to deliver the following articles to the frigate "Constellation" lying at anchor on the Patapsco: pistols, boarding pikes, cutlasses, boarding axes with handles, blunderbusses, shot for twelve pounders, pistol balls, and musket balls. Captain Truxton proposes to sail for another part of the Chesapeake on December 7th.
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[Saml Hodgdon Sir
Esquire—]
War Office Novemr 15 1797
You will be pleased to take order to have the following Articles transported to the Frigate Constellation lying at Anchor in the Patapsco from whence Capt. Fountain prepares to remove to some other part of the Chesapeake about the 7th December next — viz:
50 Pairs of Pistols
100 Boarding Pikes
150 Cutlasses
100 Boarding Axes with Handles
20 Blunderbusses
1200 Round Shot for 12 pounders
10000 Pistol Balls
15000 Musket Balls
James Mc Henry
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon is directed to deliver the following articles to the frigate "Constellation" lying at anchor on the Patapsco: pistols, boarding pikes, cutlasses, boarding axes with handles, blunderbusses, shot for twelve pounders, pistol balls, and musket balls. Captain Truxton proposes to sail for another part of the Chesapeake on December 7th.
Date
11/15/1797
Author
Recipient
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War Office
Document number
1797111500255
Page start
17
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Office