Lists Cannon Contracts for Ships Built on the Chesapeake

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Lists Cannon Contracts for Ships Built on the Chesapeake

Description

Hopes to get guns for gunships in the Chesapeake, where they will be constructed. Refers to cannon contracts.

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

07

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)

in image

ZWW01
ZWW01a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
Mr. Hughes
Secretary of War
Navy

notable location

Navy Department
Chesapeake
Maryland

notable item/thing

drafts
guns
32 pound ball
18 pound ball
9 pound ball

document number

1799030740001

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWW01 (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: 13
[view document] (1 pages) ZWW01a (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: 13

Document names

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