Fortifying the ports and harbors of the United States
Document 1794Letter from Secretary Hamilton to Secretary Knox, regarding an act of Congress a month prior appropriating a further some of $30,000, in addition to the $76,000 already granted for the purpose of fortifying certain ports and harbors in the United States, making together $106,000. Hamilton requests that Knox furnishes him with a memorandum of the manner in which the sum is to be apportioned.
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Letter from Secretary Hamilton to Secretary Knox, regarding an act of Congress a month prior appropriating a further some of $30,000, in addition to the $76,000 already granted for the purpose of fortifying certain ports and harbors in the United States, making together $106,000. Hamilton requests that Knox furnishes him with a memorandum of the manner in which the sum is to be apportioned.
Date
07/07/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1794070740000
Note
Cited in Knox to Hamilton, 07/09/1794. Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Secretary of War, Third Congress, National Archives
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
Congress
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
dollars
ports
harbors
memorandum
moneys
fortifications