Orders to deliver 12 pound guns to Captain Truxton for the frigate Constellation
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Orders to deliver 12 pound guns to Captain Truxton for the frigate Constellation
Description
Captain Staats Morris is ordered to deliver twelve 12 pounder cannon for the frigate Constellation from Whetstone Point Maryland.
year created
1797
month created
07
day created
26
secondary author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
author note
No Signature, from War Office.
recipient note
Staats Morris
notable person/group
Captain Staats Morris
Captain Thomas Truxton
Josiah Fox
Truxtun
War Department
Secretary of War
James McHenry
notable location
War Office
Baltimore
Whetstone Point
Maryland
notable item/thing
cannon
12 pounder cannon
frigate
Constellation
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797072615155
page start
260
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:260 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | Philadelphia | Author possibly Josiah Fox Navy Constructor. |
| Recipient | Staats Morris | [unknown] | [n/a] |