Regarding French Privateers, Barbary Piracy, & Ships' Planks
Document 1800Discusses the stopping of the ship Delaware at Newcastle, on account of some French mischief; also declares that the precise state of the "Algerian business" [piracy by the Barbary states] is unknowable. Asks that planks for shipbuilding be provided for without delay.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses the stopping of the ship Delaware at Newcastle, on account of some French mischief; also declares that the precise state of the "Algerian business" [piracy by the Barbary states] is unknowable. Asks that planks for shipbuilding be provided for without delay.
Date
07/07/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Navy Department
Collection
Document number
1800070700001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Benjamin Stoddert
Harrison
French
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Navy Department
New Castle
Notable items
Delaware
mischief
ship
plank