Orders to Ready Ship Constitution Immediately
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Orders to Ready Ship Constitution Immediately
Description
Orders to read ship to sail, enlist officers. Terms and Rates of employment specified per recently passed Act of Congress. Is to lose no time in completing, equipping and manning frigate for sea.
year created
1798
month created
05
day created
05
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in publication
in image
notable person/group
Captain Samuel Nicholson
James McHenry
seamen
shipmen
officers
able seamen
War Department
Marines
purser
recruiting officers
recruiting service
accountant's office
notable location
Philadelphia
Boston
houses of rendezvous
notable item/thing
USS Constitution
muster roll
notable idea/issue
Quasi War
document number
1798050514001
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZXW09 (4 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of Navy to Officers, Mar 1798-Sep 1886. (RG45) (M149) | V: 1, P: 21-24 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Area File of the Naval Records Collection, 1775-1910. (RG45) (M625) | B: 1 (Area 11), F: 1797-1800 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Naval Documents of the Quasi-War | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Samuel Nicholson | [unknown] | [n/a] |