Circular to the Governors of the States
Document 1794Circular letter from the War Department to the Governors of the States. Since Knox is absent, Hamilton is in his stead. He is directed by the President to write to the governors on the subject of French privateers fitted out in American ports, which are to be denied asylum except upon the condition of being dismantled of their military equipments. States that the conduct of some of these vessels is a "matter of real embarrassment and dissatisfaction," and has "placed the Government in the unpleasant situation."
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Circular letter from the War Department to the Governors of the States. Since Knox is absent, Hamilton is in his stead. He is directed by the President to write to the governors on the subject of French privateers fitted out in American ports, which are to be denied asylum except upon the condition of being dismantled of their military equipments. States that the conduct of some of these vessels is a "matter of real embarrassment and dissatisfaction," and has "placed the Government in the unpleasant situation."
Date
08/18/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1794081800000
Note
LS, to Samuel Adam, The Sol Feinstone Collection, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
governors
Henry Knox
French
privateers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
France
Massachusetts
Notable items
ports
military
equipment
vessels