Request for hand grenades for frigate Constellation
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for hand grenades for frigate Constellation
Description
Request to deliver 200 handgrenades to Tench Francis for USS Constellation.
year created
1797
month created
07
day created
07
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No Signature, from War Office
recipient note
John Harris
notable person/group
John Harris
Josiah Fox
Tench Francis
purveyor
keeper military stores
Secretary of War
James McHenry
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
War Department
War Office
notable item/thing
hand grenades
frigate Constellation
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797070715155
page start
254
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:254 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author possibly Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor. |
| Recipient | John Harris | [unknown] | [n/a] |