Military Stores Wanted for Three Frigates
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Military Stores Wanted for Three Frigates
Description
McHenry provides a list of the military stores required for the three frigates and directs Hodgdon to determine what can be drawn from the stores of the United States and the locations where they are deposited.
year created
1797
month created
06
day created
12
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
note
The author is not shown but, based on the content, it is believed to be James McHenry.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
notable location
War Office
Baltimore
notable item/thing
military stores
frigates
muskets with bayonets
pistols
boarding axes
cutlasses
blunderbusses
boarding pikes with staffs
bottle lanthorns
signal lanthorns
tin lanthorns
dark lanthorns
lanterns
cannon powder
round shot for six pounders
chain and double headed shot
grape shot
cannister shot
round shot for 12 pounders
double headed and chain shot for 12 pounders
hand grenades
musket and pistol balls
speaking trumpets
sheet lead
howitzers
implements for each gun
barrels powder for muskets and pistols
document number
1797061215055
page start
9
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (61 pages) | ZZK07 (61 pages) | Collection: Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy was under War Department), May 1795-July 1798. (RG45) | P: 9-10 |
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZZL01a (2 pages) | Collection: Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy was under War Department), May 1795-July 1798. (RG45) | P: 9-10 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |