Orders to Ready Ship Constitution Immediately
Document 1798Orders to read ship to sail, enlist officers. Terms and Rates of employment specified per recently passed Act of Congress. Is to lose no time in completing, equipping and manning frigate for sea.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Orders to read ship to sail, enlist officers. Terms and Rates of employment specified per recently passed Act of Congress. Is to lose no time in completing, equipping and manning frigate for sea.
Date
05/05/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1798050514001
Notable persons
Captain Samuel Nicholson
James McHenry
seamen
shipmen
officers
able seamen
War Department
Marines
purser
recruiting officers
recruiting service
accountant's office
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Boston
houses of rendezvous
Notable items
USS Constitution
muster roll