Joseph & William Whipple Papers
5 documents
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Request for Forwarding of Letter to Agent for Fortifications in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Asks that the enclosed letter be transmitted to the Agent for Fortifications and the mounting of guns in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and for that person's name to be reported to Knox [the Agent was, in …
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Instructions for Construction Agent at Portsmouth, New Hampshire Fortifications
Contains instructions to an agent charged with procuring "labour, implements and materials" for fortifications at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, listing various regulations and the sum appropriated for …
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Request for Report on State of Fortifications of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Requests a report on the state of the fortifications at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with an estimate of any remaining costs or materials required to complete them. Pickering desires this information …
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Request for Estimate of Further Funds Needed to Complete Portsmouth, New Hampshire Fortifications
Describes the situation regarding the fortifications at Portsmouth. A little more work will complete them, but the soldiers in the area have been withdrawn; thus laborers must be hired. Asks Whipple …
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Order to Resume Construction of Portmouth, New Hampshire Defenses; Funds Forthcoming
Based on Whipple's estimate of the sum needed to pay laborers to complete the defenses at Portsmouth, New Hampshire ($280), Pickering authorizes the construction to continue, and promises that the …
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