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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07293-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 August 1799
- Author/Creator
- Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Naval agent Sheafe tells Knox that next Thursday "is the day fixed on to launch the United States Ship Congress" (one of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy). Sheafe will gladly be at Portsmouth to meet Knox if he can present on that day.
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