Iron and Lead Grapeshot for the Three Frigates

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Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Harris is directed to deliver to the Purveyor a sufficient quantity of iron and lead grapeshsot to fill the cannisters of the frigates "United States," "Constellation," and "Constitution."

Date

04/19/1798

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

John Harris

Sent from

War Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May

Document number

1798041915255

Page start

36

Note

The author is not shown but, based on content, it is presumed to be James McHenry.

Notable persons

John Harris
[James McHenry]

Notable locations

War Office