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Request for Advice Regarding the Employment of Galleys

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Three Galleys missing from the lot of ten due to Rhode Island for its protection. Stoddert requested advice from McHenry on the number and/or necessity of Galleys to protect the coast so that he might procure them immediately.

Date

08/01/1798

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798080154200

Note

print doc only

Notable persons

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddert

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Southward

Notable items

galleys
ships
vessels