Orders to prepare the frigate USS Constellation
Document 1798Orders by President Washington to load the USS Constellation with supplies, warrants for officers issued. Regulations to govern ship included.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Orders by President Washington to load the USS Constellation with supplies, warrants for officers issued. Regulations to govern ship included.
Date
03/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798031614100
Note
Possibly belongs to copy log XIG, page 23.
NDA. OSW, Vol. 1. Typescript, XIG23.
Notable persons
Captain Thomas Truxtun
James McHenry
Second Lieutenant John Rogers of Maryland
Third Lieutenant William Cooper, Virginia
Surgeon George Balfour, Virginia
Surgeon's Mate Isaac Henry, Pennsylvania
Sailing Master Edward Hansford, Virginia
Purser Isaac Garretson, Maryland
Midshipman Philemon Charles Wederstranett, Maryland
Midshipman Jabez Bowen, Junior, Rhode Island
Midshipman Henry Van Dyke, Delaware
Midshipman John Dent, Maryland
Midshipman John Marshal Clajett, Maryland
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Constellation
frigate
supplies