Military - U.S. Navy - Frigates - USS President

The USS President was launched in 1800 in New York City, and was one of the six original frigates built under the Naval Act of 1794. On September 10, 1805, it arrived in Norfolk carrying its crew and the officers and some of the crew of the Philadelphia, which had been captured at Tripoli.

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[Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, September 30, 1805, Vol. 1]

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 1 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal, which pertains to family and business matters and documents national economic and political issues related to the family's interests in banking, commerce, and shipbuilding. Littleton writes about a contract he has made and his troubles in trying to travel to Philadelphia.