Request regarding purchase of 9 and 6 pounder cannon for the Algerine frigate Crescent
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request regarding purchase of 9 and 6 pounder cannon for the Algerine frigate Crescent
Description
Fox conveys Secretary of War James McHenry request that Captain Thomas Truxton examine if 6 and 9 pound cannon suitable for the Algerine Frigate may be procured in Baltimore, since Mr. Hughes failed in his contract to provide cannon. Also discusses Captain Nicholson request for anchor from Portsmouth New Hampshire for the frigate Constitution.
year created
1797
month created
08
day created
07
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in image
author note
Josiah Fox.
recipient note
Thomas Truxton
notable person/group
Thomas Truxton
Josiah Fox
Treasury Department
Mr. Hughes
Truxtun
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
Dey of Algiers
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Algerine
Algeria
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston
Algiers
Treasury Department.
notable item/thing
Algerine frigate
Crescent
6 pounder
nine pounder
frigate
contract
anchor
frigate Constitution
frigate Constellation
Crescent
notable idea/issue
Algerine frigate
tribute
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
Barbary Wars
document number
1797080735155
page start
278
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:278 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Josiah Fox | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Thomas Truxtun | [unknown] | [n/a] |