Requests Articles for Cutters to Go to Sea

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Mr. Humphreys reports that 2 cutters are not ready to go to sea for want of supplies. Requests order for needed articles.

Date

09/13/1798

Author

Benjamin Stoddert

Recipient

James McHenry

Sent from

Navy Department

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

1798091340401

Page start

1

Notable persons

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
Mr. Humphreys
Samuel Hodgdon
John Harris
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of War

Notable locations

Navy Department
Philadelphia

Notable items

cutters
cutlasses
pistols
flints
powders
military store
yellow fever
epidemic
calamitous situation
articles
order
return
Eagle
Diligence
revenue cutters
Quasi-War