Type

Letterbook

Title

Request to prove 8 inch howitzers from Boston

Description

Francis DaCosta requested to prove six 8 inch howitzers lately received from Boston.

year created

1798

month created

05

day created

16

secondary author

War Office

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

Francis DaCosta

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

ZXA06

author note

James McHenry

notable person/group

Francis DaCosta
James McHenry
Josiah Fox
Secretary War
War Department
navy constructor

notable location

War Department
Boston
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

8 inch howitzers
proving of howitzers

notable idea/issue

frigate construction
Naval Act 1794

document number

1798051600255

page start

304
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