Request to deliver twelve pound shot to Captain Barry

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Type

Letterbook

Description

The War Office requests that Major Tousard provide cannon shot to Captain John Barry of the frigate United States.

Date

04/10/1798

Recipient

Lewis Tousard

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

1798041000155

Page start

295

Notable persons

Major Lewis Tousard
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Secretary of War
War Department
navy constructor
Captain John Barry
naval superintendent
Secretary of War

Notable locations

War Office
Philadelphia

Notable items

12 pound cannon
cannon shot
frigate United States