Regarding Captain Samuel Nicholson request to draw rations at Boston
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Regarding Captain Samuel Nicholson request to draw rations at Boston
Description
Pickering denies Captain Nicholson's request to draw rations on the grounds that there is no commissary to supply one officer and none of the other officers draw rations at present.
year created
1795
month created
09
day created
10
author
recipient
in image
author note
No signature, from war department.
recipient note
Smauel Nicholson
notable person/group
Captain Samuel Nicholson
Secretary of War
Timothy Pickering
officers
recruits
Superintendent
notable location
Philadelphia
Boston
notable item/thing
rations
commissary
USS Constitution
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1795091015056
page start
131
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | ZXA06 (315 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) | V:1, P:131 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Samuel Nicholson | [unknown] | [n/a] |