Delivery of Letter
Document 1794Requested delivery of enclosed letter to the person Williams appoints to, "disburse the money intended to be expended at Baltimore" for the fortifications and mounting of cannons.
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War department
April 2 1794—
Sir,
I request that you would have the goodness to deliver the inclosed letter to the person who you shall appoint to disburse the money intended to be expended at Baltimore for the purpose of the fortifications and mounting the artillery. And I shall be obliged to you to transmit me the name of the said person.
I am
Sir
Your humble Servant
H Knox
Secretary of War
The Collector of the Port of
Baltimore
[From the Secretary of War 2 April 1794]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requested delivery of enclosed letter to the person Williams appoints to, "disburse the money intended to be expended at Baltimore" for the fortifications and mounting of cannons.
Date
04/02/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794040200201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Otho Williams
Henry Knox
collector port of Baltimore
Notable locations
War Department
Baltimore
fortifications
port of Baltimore
Maryland
Notable items
mounting of cannons
cannons
fortifications
money
disburse
artillery