Request for pilot boat to locate and deliver letter to Captain Richard Dale on board the ship Ganges

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Regarding hiring of Pilot boat to find and deliver letter to Captain Richard Dale aboard "Ganges." Dale's ship is to be found somewhere between Cape Henlopen and Cape James, off the coast of Delaware.

Date

06/12/1798

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

1798061200355

Page start

313

Notable persons

Mr.Willings
Mr. Francis
Messrs. Willings and Francis
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
navy constructor
Secretary War
War Department
Captain Richard Dale
master

Notable locations

War Department
Philadelphia
Cape Henlopen
Cape James
Delaware

Notable items

ship Ganges
letter