Request for heavy anchor to keep frigate Constitution from accidents during heavy squalls
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for heavy anchor to keep frigate Constitution from accidents during heavy squalls
Description
Request for anchor to keep frigate Constitution from accidents during heavy seas. Author reports he is getting better.
year created
1797
month created
09
day created
18
secondary author
sent from location
near Downingstown
recipient
in image
author note
No Signature
recipient note
Tench Francis.
notable person/group
Tench Francis
Josiah Fox
Navy Constructor
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
notable location
Near Downingstown
Downingtown
Philadelphia
War Office
Boston
Baltimore
notable item/thing
frigate Constitution
anchor
notable idea/issue
yellow fever epidemic
frigate construction
Naval Act 1794
document number
1797091815155
page start
266
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:266 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | War Office | near Downingstown | Author possibly Josiah Fox Navy Constructor. |
| Recipient | Tench Francis | [unknown] | [n/a] |