Fortifications in North Carolina
Document 1794Instructions to Nicholas Francis Martinon, acting as temporary engineer in the service of the United States, regarding the fortifications at Wilmington and Ocracoke, North Carolina.
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Instructions to Nicholas Francis Martinon, acting as temporary engineer in the service of the United States, regarding the fortifications at Wilmington and Ocracoke, North Carolina.
Date
04/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1794041100400
Notable persons
Nicholas Francis Martinon
Henry Knox
governor
Richard Dobbs Spaight
President
[George Washington]
Notable locations
War Office
Ocracoke
Ocracock
Wilmington
North Carolina
Outer Banks
Notable items
Inlet
ports
fortifications
magazine
batteries
embrasures
platforms
blockhouse
barracks
contingencies
block house
parapets
works
earth
defense
knotgrass
sods
cannon
islands
compensation