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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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