Arms for Vessels
Document 1793Describes new rules concerning the fitting and arming of ships by belligerent nations in ports or harbors of the United States.
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War Department
August 16th 1793
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Describes new rules concerning the fitting and arming of ships by belligerent nations in ports or harbors of the United States.
Date
08/16/1793
Author
Recipient
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War Department
Repository
Document number
1793081600101
Page start
1
Note
This document is a surviving fragment of the George Clinton Papers, which suffered extensive damage in a 1911 fire in the State Capitol [New York].
Knox wrote the same letter to other Governors. See Knox to Telfair, August 16, 1793.
Notable persons
George Clinton
Henry Knox
Notable locations
New York
War Department
United States
State of New York
Charleston
Philadelphia
Delaware
Notable items
fitting out
prize
Citizen Genet
Sans Culottes
Vanquer de Bastille
cases
ships

