Request to send anchor to Baltimore for frigate Constellation
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request to send anchor to Baltimore for frigate Constellation
Description
Request to send anchor to Baltimore for frigate Constellation. Use ports of Boston or New York. Constellation will be somewhere in Chesapeake Bay or Patapsco.
year created
1797
month created
11
day created
10
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in image
author note
James McHenry
recipient note
Jacob Sheafe
notable person/group
Jacob Sheaffe
Naval Agent
James McHenry
Secretary War
War Department
notable location
War Office
Chesapeake Bay
Patapsco
Baltimore
Portsmouth New Hampshire
New York
Boston
notable item/thing
anchor
frigate
frigate Constellation
notable idea/issue
frigate construction
naval act 1794
document number
1797111000055
page start
271
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:271 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jacob Sheafe | [unknown] | [n/a] |