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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Letterbook Copy
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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
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1797111500255
Page start
17
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Office