Engineers and Fortifications
Document 1794Secretary Knox transmits to Secretary Hamilton a circular letter to engineers employed for fortifying certain ports and harbors in the United States. Requests that Hamilton take measures for the purchase of tracts of land at the places designated by the engineers.
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Secretary Knox transmits to Secretary Hamilton a circular letter to engineers employed for fortifying certain ports and harbors in the United States. Requests that Hamilton take measures for the purchase of tracts of land at the places designated by the engineers.
Date
07/24/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1794072400100
Note
Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Secretary of War, Third Congress, National Archives.
Cited in Hamilton to Knox, 12/17/1794
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
engineers
Treasury
agents
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
fortification
ports
harbors
land