Letter from the Navy Department to the Purveyor of Public Supplies on purchase of hemp &duck and the arming of Captain Bainbridge
Document 1798Secretary of Navy requests expeditious delivery of guns and hemp. Warns not to let Mr. Hodgdon in time like the present, stand upon trifles or punctilis. Secretary of War has sent general orders for delivery of muskets wanted by navy. A vessel has gone to Norfolk. Warns about Captain William Bainbridge and says he should be well equipped and armed, but not extravagantly. His danger will arrive from boarding.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Secretary of Navy requests expeditious delivery of guns and hemp. Warns not to let Mr. Hodgdon in time like the present, stand upon trifles or punctilis. Secretary of War has sent general orders for delivery of muskets wanted by navy. A vessel has gone to Norfolk. Warns about Captain William Bainbridge and says he should be well equipped and armed, but not extravagantly. His danger will arrive from boarding.
Date
08/25/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Navy Department
Document number
1798082590001
Page start
1
Note
Recipient unable to be confirmed from image, but previous ("same") was Tench Francis.
Notable persons
Tench Francis
purveyor
Benjamin Stoddert
Captain William Bainbridge
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary Navy
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Navy Department
Philadelphia
War Department
Norfolk
Virginia
Notable items
hemp
duck
ship Voltaire
ship Retaliation