Request to prove 8 inch howitzers from Boston

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Francis DaCosta requested to prove six 8 inch howitzers lately received from Boston.

Date

05/16/1798

Recipient

Francis DaCosta

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To

Document number

1798051600255

Page start

304

Notable persons

Francis DaCosta
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Secretary War
War Department
navy constructor

Notable locations

War Department
Boston
Philadelphia

Notable items

8 inch howitzers
proving of howitzers