Request for Estimate of Cost of Military Stores for Ships

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Request for Estimate of Cost of Military Stores for Ships

Description

The writer requests estimates of the kind and costs of stores for a six month cruise for: one ship of 22 nine pound guns; one ship of 20 nine pound guns; one ship of 16 six pound guns.

short description

Request for Estimate of Cost of Military Stores for Ships

year created

1798

month created

03

day created

24

secondary author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
War Department

notable location

War Office

notable item/thing

estimate
quantities, kinds, and cost of military stores
ship

document number

1798032415155

page start

32

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 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) P: 30
[view document] (1 pages) ZZK07a (1 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) P: 30

Document names

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