Request to examine cannon of ship Delaware commanded by Stephen Decatur

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Request to examine and prove suitable 9 pound cannon aboard Stephen Decatur's ship "Delaware."

Date

05/24/1798

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

1798052400255

Page start

305

Notable persons

Francis DaCosta
James McHenry
Stephen Decatur
Josiah Fox
Secretary War
War Department

Notable locations

War Department
Philadelphia

Notable items

ship Delaware
cannon