Augmentation of force in foreign vessels
Document 1794Issues direction pertaining to the arming of foreign vessels in U.S. ports, which Knox considers unlawful augmentation of force.
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Copy of Signed Document
Description
Issues direction pertaining to the arming of foreign vessels in U.S. ports, which Knox considers unlawful augmentation of force.
Date
07/01/1794
Author
Recipient
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War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794070100401
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Notable persons
George Mathews
Henry Knox
Governor of Georgia
Secretary of War
belligerent nations
neutral nation
President United States
George Washington
citizen United States
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
Georgia
Notable items
arming of foreign vessels
unlawful augmentation of force
guns
gun carriages
port holes
construction
British Letter
vessel
sides
stern
rule
fitting out
equipping
act of congress
armed
sail
crimes
punishment