Letter from the Navy Department to the Purveyor of Public Supplies on purchase of hemp &duck and the arming of Captain Bainbridge

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Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the Navy Department to the Purveyor of Public Supplies on purchase of hemp &duck and the arming of Captain Bainbridge

Description

Secretary of Navy requests expeditious delivery of guns and hemp. Warns not to let Mr. Hodgdon in time like the present, stand upon trifles or punctilis. Secretary of War has sent general orders for delivery of muskets wanted by navy. A vessel has gone to Norfolk. Warns about Captain William Bainbridge and says he should be well equipped and armed, but not extravagantly. His danger will arrive from boarding.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

25

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)

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ZWZ22
ZWZ22a

note

Recipient unable to be confirmed from image, but previous ("same") was Tench Francis.

notable person/group

Tench Francis
purveyor
Benjamin Stoddert
Captain William Bainbridge
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary Navy
War Department
James McHenry
Secretary of War

notable location

Navy Department
Philadelphia
War Department
Norfolk
Virginia

notable item/thing

hemp
duck
ship Voltaire
ship Retaliation

notable idea/issue

Quasi War with France
Captain Bainbridge and Quasi War

document number

1798082590001

page start

1

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[view document] (2 pages) ZWZ22 (2 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: 52-53
[view document] (2 pages) ZWZ22a (2 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: 52-53

Document names

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