Lists Cannon Contracts for Ships Built on the Chesapeake

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Hopes to get guns for gunships in the Chesapeake, where they will be constructed. Refers to cannon contracts.

Date

03/07/1799

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

1799030740001

Page start

1

Notable persons

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
Mr. Hughes
Secretary of War
Navy

Notable locations

Navy Department
Chesapeake
Maryland

Notable items

drafts
guns
32 pound ball
18 pound ball
9 pound ball