Notification of Letter Sent to Gov. of Mass. Requesting Cannons
Document 1798There will not be time to procure 12 pound guns for the frigate, so McHenry has written the Governor of Massachusetts to obtain a loan of as many of the cannon from Castle Island as Nicholson requires for the upper battery. Nicholson is encouraged to select and install the guns as soon as the loan is approved.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
There will not be time to procure 12 pound guns for the frigate, so McHenry has written the Governor of Massachusetts to obtain a loan of as many of the cannon from Castle Island as Nicholson requires for the upper battery. Nicholson is encouraged to select and install the guns as soon as the loan is approved.
Date
05/30/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1798053014300
Note
Printed: Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War between the United States and France, vol. 1, p 96.
Notable persons
Captain Samuel Nicholson
James McHenry
General Jackson
Governor of Massachusetts
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Castle Island
upper battery
Notable items
12 pounders
frigate
obtain on loan
12 or 18 pounders
suitable quantity of ball
select as many of them
all possible expedition
mounted and in their proper places