Military stores to be sent to New Orleans

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

States that he is ordered to charter a vessel and load it with military stores for New Orleans within four days.

Date

10/29/1799

Sent from

New York

Document number

1799102980001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon
Ebenezer Stevens
Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Stoddert
Mr. Watson
Secretary of War
James McHenry
J Miller
Messrs J and E Watson

Notable locations

Philadelphia
New York
New Orleans
Norfolk

Notable items

vessel
military stores
nine pound shot
cannon
mail
convoy
ammunition
fuses
8 inch shells
state stores
cannon powder and shot