Orders for Captain Richard Dale of the ship Ganges
Document 1798Provides instructions for operations. Is not to delay at station, but is to proceed under former instructions. Mentions a twenty gun ship of war directly from France on the coast.
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[Richd Dale.] Sir,
War Department.
11 June 1798.
The Intention of requiring you, by your Instructions of the 22d. May ultimo with the Ship Ganges under your command, to repair to a Station, between Cape Henlopen and Cape James by the 12th instant, was, that you might receive additional Instructions, in case any law which might be enacted by Congress should make it necessary.
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Type
Document
Description
Provides instructions for operations. Is not to delay at station, but is to proceed under former instructions. Mentions a twenty gun ship of war directly from France on the coast.
Date
06/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798061115201
Notable persons
Captain Thomas Truxtun
Truxton
Captain Richard Dale
Secretary of War
Congress
Secretary of Navy
Benjamin Stoddert
James McHenry
President John Adams
Notable locations
southern limits of coast
Cape Henlopen
Cape James
France
eastward
cruising ground
station
Sandy Hook
New York
Notable items
ship Ganges