Seeks Assistance for Sick Sailors

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Reports leaving sick sailors at various ports. Doctors have been employed at great expense. Seeks assistance with arrangements for troops and surgeons to be stationed.

Date

09/14/1798

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

1798091440301

Page start

1

Notable persons

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
Secretary of War
sick sailors
doctors
surgeons

Notable locations

Navy Department
Newport, Rhode Island
Norfolk
New York
Boston
Philadelphia

Notable items

sickness
expense