Putting the Algerian Fleet to Sea
Document 1798Hodgdon asks Secretary of State Pickering about the state of readiness of the Algerian Fleet. He knows of one ship that is ready to sail but others are not. He is unsure as to who actually bears the responsibility for ordering the fleet into service.
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Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon asks Secretary of State Pickering about the state of readiness of the Algerian Fleet. He knows of one ship that is ready to sail but others are not. He is unsure as to who actually bears the responsibility for ordering the fleet into service.
Date
10/19/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798101928155
Page start
255
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Samuel Hodgdon
Demanage
Charter Party
Capt. Mayles
Capt. Smith
Secretry of the Navy [Benjamin Stoddert]
[Charles] Pinckney
poor Gerry
Mrs. Pickering
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Algerian fleet
needless expense
ship cove
other vessels
ballast
death of the Dey
company of the worth PInckney
many deaths