Request for information on expenditures for frigates Constitution, Constellation and United States

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor, requests to know what sum of $60,000 was spent on the frigates Constitution, Constellation and United States.

Date

12/05/1797

Sent from

Philadelphia

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

1797120500456

Page start

282

Notable persons

Mr. Govett
Josiah Fox
Navy Constructor
Treasury Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
War Department
purveyor
Tench Francis

Notable locations

War Office
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Treasury Department

Notable items

frigates
Constitution
Constellation, United States
expenditures