Request for loan of cannon to be sent to Norfolk Virginia for the brig ready of sea

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Request for loan of cannon to be sent to Norfolk Virginia for the brig ready of sea

Description

The Navy Department requests the loan of nine 6 pound cannon from the War Department. These cannon are to be sent to Norfolk and then returned within a month.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

06

author

Benjamin Stoddert

sent from location

Navy Department

recipient

James McHenry

in 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)

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ZWV13
ZWV13a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddert
Secretary War
Secretary Navy
War Department
Navy Department

notable location

Navy Department
Norfolk Virginia
Philadelphia
War Department

notable item/thing

brig
cannon
six pound cannon

document number

1798080640201

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWV13 (1 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) P: 5
[view document] (1 pages) ZWV13a (1 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) P: 5

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Stoddert Navy Department [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]