Movement of Office due to Fever in City

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Movement of Office due to Fever in City

Description

Due to a lingering fever in Philadelphia, seeks to move office to Trenton New Jersey.

year created

1799

month created

08

day created

22

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

ZWW15
ZWW15a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
Secretary at War

notable location

Navy Department
Philadelphia
Trenton

notable item/thing

Yellow Fever
epidemic

document number

1799082240201

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWW15 (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: 20
[view document] (1 pages) ZWW15a (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: 20

Document names

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