Cover for Inventory of Frigate Raleigh

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Cover for Inventory of Frigate Raleigh

Description

Covering note for an inventory (not included) of articles from the Raleigh Frigate, a 32 gun ship, to equip it for 5 months. Either arrived from or heading to France. The inventory also described the accommodations and the hold.

short description

Ltr, dis inventory of Raleigh Frigate.

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
Thomas Thompson
Secretary of War
midshipmen
clerk

notable location

Philadelphia
France

notable item/thing

inventory
articles
frigate
stores
tackle
apparel
furniture
ammunition
accommodations
hold
decks
masts

notable phrase

inventory of articles belonging to the Raleigh Frigate of 32 guns including stores, tackle, apparel, furniture and ammunition
arriving in France
midshipsmen and a captain's clerk employed for that purpose
proper officers
minute and particular in every part of the ship
connected or loose in the hold, decks
copy presented to the Secretary of War

document number

9999999942001

page start

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) BBP08 (0 pages) Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Captain Thomas Thompson [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry Philadelphia [n/a]