Request for Information on Articles Ordered
Document 1798Letter, asks for information regarding Frigate armaments and ammunition; mentions manufacturing; mentions Marines.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, asks for information regarding Frigate armaments and ammunition; mentions manufacturing; mentions Marines.
Date
02/10/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798021000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Tench Francis
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
boarding axes
blunderbusses
battle lantherns
[battle lanterns]
signal lantherns
[signal lanterns]
double headed and chain shot
stools for grape and cannister shot
speaking trumpets
musket and pistol balls
brass kilted hangers
ordered to be procured
repaired and completed
pistols
boarding pikes
cutlasses
serjeants boats
privates
muskets for the marines
inform me as early as may be what part of the following articles ordered to be procured have been obtained, where they are deposited and when the
state what part of the articles ordered to be manufactured or repaired have been completed and where the same are deposited