Order to Resume Construction of Portmouth, New Hampshire Defenses; Funds Forthcoming
Document 1795Based on Whipple's estimate of the sum needed to pay laborers to complete the defenses at Portsmouth, New Hampshire ($280), Pickering authorizes the construction to continue, and promises that the funds are forthcoming.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Based on Whipple's estimate of the sum needed to pay laborers to complete the defenses at Portsmouth, New Hampshire ($280), Pickering authorizes the construction to continue, and promises that the funds are forthcoming.
Date
09/26/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795092600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Whipple
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
laborers
Notable locations
Portsmouth
War Office
New Hampshire
Notable items
works
fortification
estimate
completion of defenses