Request to Inspect Medical Supplies on the Ganges and the Hamburgh Packet
Document 1798Gillaspy is to inspect the medicine chests and instruments on the ships Ganges and Hamburgh Packet and report on their state. He should also get an estimate of medicine, instruments and hospital stores for three months for the Ganges from the surgeon of that ship.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Gillaspy is to inspect the medicine chests and instruments on the ships Ganges and Hamburgh Packet and report on their state. He should also get an estimate of medicine, instruments and hospital stores for three months for the Ganges from the surgeon of that ship.
Date
05/12/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798051214000
Note
Printed: Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War between the United States and France, vol 1, p 74.
Notable persons
Doctor George Gillaspy
James McHenry
Surgeon of the Ganges
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Ganges
Hamburgh Packet
medicine chests
instruments
estimate of medicine, instruments, and hospital stores