John Stagg transmits letter from Robert Cochran at Charleston South Carolina to Secretary of War Henry Knox
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
John Stagg transmits letter from Robert Cochran at Charleston South Carolina to Secretary of War Henry Knox
Description
Stagg transmits letter from Robert Cochran to Secretary of War offering to sell to United States the frigate Dauphin, previously frigate Delaware, built in Philadelphia during late war. Includes letter from John Morgan, who has been procuring ship timber in the south.
year created
1794
month created
08
day created
28
author
recipient
in image
author note
John Stagg
recipient note
Henry Jackson
notable person/group
John Stagg
Robert Cochran
Tench Coxe
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Frigate Dauphin
Frigate Delaware
John Morgan
notable location
Charleston
South Carolina
Philadelphia
southward
Georgia
notable item/thing
frigate Delaware
frigate Dauphin
notable idea/issue
late war
Revolutionary War
Continental Navy
document number
1794082821355
page start
59
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| 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:59 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Stagg | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Tench Coxe | [unknown] | [n/a] |