Committee Report, Expenses of Naval Force

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Committee Report, Expenses of Naval Force

Description

List of costs for arming ships to sufficiently protect American merchants from Algerian corsairs.

year created

1793

month created

12

in image

created note

The document is dated December 1793 - January 1794.

notable person/group

US Congress
Algerian
merchants
corsairs
committee of ways and means
Captain
Lieutenant
Master
Chaplain
Master's mates
midshipmen
Captain's clerk
quartermaster
boatswain
coxswain
sail maker
President of United States

notable location

Algeria
coast
sea
Pennsylvania
Georgia

notable item/thing

Algerine corsairs
vessels
guns
naval armament
costs
stores
provisions
duty
earthenware
defray of costs
bushel
Algerine cruizers
cables
main shrouds
lower sheets
sheet anchor
cordage
rigging material
sails
sail maker's bill
frigate
pay of officers and men
44 gun frigate
armourer
armorer
carpenter
gunner
crew
purser
steward
surgeon
cook
master at arms
sergeant
corporal
drum and fife
private
Marines
provisions
bread
flour
beer
beef
cheese
oat
Indian meal
butter
tonnage
foreign trade
tonnage
wear and tear
expenses
revenue
dimension
keel
beam
decks
joiner's bill
materials
painting
cooper's bill
water casks
blocks
pumps
live oak
cedar timbers
mast maker's bill
ship chandlery
cordage
cannon
protection

document number

1793129990001

page start

1

number of pages

7

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Document instances

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[view document] (7 pages) HAA12 (7 pages) Collection: FO 5/4 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence. P:91-94

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Congress of the United States [unknown] [n/a]