Provisions for the Frigate "Constellation"
Document 1798Enclosed is an order to Tench Francis to deliver to Hodgdon the provisions for the Frigate "Constellation" which should be transported to that ship. Based on Captain Truxton's last account, the "Constellation" is at anchor near the mouth of the Patapsco [River] on his way to the Patuxent [River] for which he intends to proceed with the first favorable wind.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Enclosed is an order to Tench Francis to deliver to Hodgdon the provisions for the Frigate "Constellation" which should be transported to that ship. Based on Captain Truxton's last account, the "Constellation" is at anchor near the mouth of the Patapsco [River] on his way to the Patuxent [River] for which he intends to proceed with the first favorable wind.
Date
04/12/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1798041215201
Page start
10
Note
Enclosed in Hodgdon to Unknown, 06/12/1797.
Author is not shown but the document appears in McHenry's letterbook.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Tench Francis
Captain Truxton
[James McHenry]
Notable locations
War Office