Requests Articles for Cutters to Go to Sea

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Articles for Cutters to Go to Sea

Description

Mr. Humphreys reports that 2 cutters are not ready to go to sea for want of supplies. Requests order for needed articles.

year created

1798

month created

09

day created

13

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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ZWV16
ZWV16a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
Mr. Humphreys
Samuel Hodgdon
John Harris
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of War

notable location

Navy Department
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

cutters
cutlasses
pistols
flints
powders
military store
yellow fever
epidemic
calamitous situation
articles
order
return
Eagle
Diligence
revenue cutters
Quasi-War

document number

1798091340401

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWV16 (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: 6
[view document] (1 pages) ZWV16a (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: 6

Document names

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