Letter from the Navy Department to the Purveyor of Public Supplies regarding order from Secretary of War for guns and pistols, and remarks on the requirement for hemp

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the Navy Department to the Purveyor of Public Supplies regarding order from Secretary of War for guns and pistols, and remarks on the requirement for hemp

Description

Regarding the procurement of guns and pistols. Regarding hemp, it will be wanted at Boston, Newport, [Portsmouth] New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and New York.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

21

author

Benjamin Stoddert

sent from location

Navy Department

recipient

Tench Francis

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)

in image

ZWZ18
ZWZ18a

note

Authorship derived from collection

created note

Date derived from location in letterbook.

notable person/group

Tench Francis
Benjamin Stoddert
purveyor
Secretary Navy
Secretary War
James McHenry
War Department

notable location

Navy Department
War Department
Boston
Portsmouth New Hamshire
Rhode Island
Newport
New York

notable item/thing

hemp
pistols
guns
order

document number

1798082190001

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWZ18 (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: 50
[view document] (1 pages) ZWZ18a (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: 50

Document names

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