Available Materials for the Frigate "Constellation"

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Available Materials for the Frigate "Constellation"

Description

Hodgdon is asked to furnish a statement of the articles available from the public store from the following list that can be furnished for the frigate "Constellation": powder horns, match stuff, port fires, sheep skins, priming tubes, flannel cartridges for 24 pounders and 12 pounders, cannon and musket cartridge paper, pistol cartridge paper, assorted flints, pouch barrels, spermacite candles, wax for magazine lanterns. Also needed is information on the availability of articles not in the public store that can be purchased as soon as navigation of the river is feasible.

year created

1798

month created

02

day created

12

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Josiah Fox

notable location

War Office

document number

1798021215055

page start

24

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZZK07 (61 pages) Collection: Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy was under War Department), May 1795-July 1798. (RG45) [unknown]
[view document] (7 pages) XJQ15a (7 pages) Collection: Subject File of the Naval Records Collection B:152
[view document] (2 pages) ZZM15a (2 pages) Collection: Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy was under War Department), May 1795-July 1798. (RG45) [unknown]
[view document] (1 pages) XJQ15 (7 pages) Collection: Subject File of the Naval Records Collection B:152

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Josiah Fox War Office [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]