Letter to the Governor of Rhode Island
Document 1794Letter, discusses French privateers. Hamilton addresses the Governor of Rhode Island in the absence of the Secretary at War.
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Type
Letter, Type Undetermined
Description
Letter, discusses French privateers. Hamilton addresses the Governor of Rhode Island in the absence of the Secretary at War.
Date
08/18/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794081890001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Arthur Fenner
Alexander Hamilton
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
United States
Notable items
weighty considerations
subsequent conduct of some of their vessels
foreign powers
Secretary at war being absent from the seat of government
[Secretary of war]
directed by the president
write to you on the subject of the French privateers fitted out in our ports