Preparations & Enlistments for Deployment of Frigate United States

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Orders Barry to immediately return to the frigate United States, of which he is commander, and make her ready for sea. The lieutenant of Marines is to enlist men for his contingent, and specifies the wages at which the ship's officers are to enlist good candidates for able seamen, midshipmen, and seamen. Those being enlisted to be examined by medical staff and recorded under various book-keeping regulations. Addresses payment of the Marines and the sailors, and the need for having those enlisted as boatswain, gunner, carpenter, and sail maker to be approved by the president. Asks that these preparations be made, that the ship may sail "at the shortest notice."

Date

05/05/1798

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

Captain John Barry

Sent from

War Department

Repository

Library of Congress: Manuscript Division

Collection

John Barry Collection.

Document number

1798050514301

Page start

1

Note

2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images. DEII Candidacy: relates both the size and makeup of a United States-class frigate and its crew (both sailors and Marines), as well as the standards governing their recruitment.

Notable persons

Captain John Barry
James McHenry
Lieutenant of Marines
President John Adams
seamen
able seamen
midshipmen
officers
surgeon's mate
recruiting officer
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War
boatswain
gunner
carpenter
sail maker
purser
Marine
commander frigate United States
navy department

Notable locations

Philadelphia
War Department
rendezvous

Notable items

frigate United States
muster roll