Requests Immediate Attention to French Prisoners in Baltimore
Document 1799Encloses copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy regarding the French prisoners who arrived in Baltimore aboard the Monteguinai. Requests immediate attention.
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War department Trenton 18 September 1799
Inclosed is a copy of a letter dated to day from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a guard for certain French Prisoners arrived at Baltimore in the Montezuma. I pray you to pay the most immediate attention to the request it contains
With great respect
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obd Servant
James McHenry
Major genl Alexr Hamilton
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Encloses copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy regarding the French prisoners who arrived in Baltimore aboard the Monteguinai. Requests immediate attention.
Date
09/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department, Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799091800101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
French Prisoners
Notable locations
War Department, Trenton
Baltimore