Requests Shelter for shipping on Delaware River

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Requests means to shelter ships at Mud Island Fort on the Delaware River. Seeks information about accommodations.

Date

07/21/1794

Author

Tench Coxe

Recipient

Henry Knox

Sent from

Revenue Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74)

Document number

1794072140001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Tench Coxe
commissioner of revenue
treasury department
Superintendent of Shipping, Delaware Establishment

Notable locations

Revenue Office
Delaware River
Mud Island Fort

Notable items

ice
piers
shelter
vessels
weather
rings and bolts
logs
posts
fortifications
accommodations