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Box 15

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Letter - Thomas Truxton, Norfolk, Virginia to Capt. James Sever, 1800 April 26

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 30
Identifier: id187445
Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsPhysical Location: Filed with the 1999 accessions. Number: 1999.44. 1 page. Autograph letter signed. Orders Sever to take over the Chesapeake toward the end of May as Capt. James Barron says it will be ready then; he is to take his crew, the marine officer and marines, the master and about thirty seamen, such midshipmen and "pettee officers" as he thinks proper, and two or three warrant officers. The Chesapeake will move down to the Cran[e]y Island. It is...
Dates: 1800 April 26