Estimate of Sums Necessary for U.S. Port Fortifications in 1797

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An Estimate of the Sums necessary on account the Fortifications of the Ports and Harbours of the United States for the Year 1797. — Superintendants and certain repairs to the forts at Portland, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Gloucester, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, Massachusetts; New Port Rhode Island; New London, Connecticut; and Savannah and Point Peter, Georgia; in case of being without Garrisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4000. — Repairs or additions to the forts at Governors Island, New York; Mud Island, near Philadelphia; Whetstone Point, Baltimore; Norfolk, Virginia; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Fort Johnson, near Charleston, South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24000. — Four Temporary Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3832. — 31,832. — Balance unexpended of Appropriations for 1794 & 1795 . 8,437 45 To be provided for, for the Year 1797 . . . . . Dollars 23,394. 55 War Office, January 10. 1797. [Instructions]

Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Line-item accounting for costs associated with the upkeep of coastal fortifications, less "unexpended appropriations from 1794 & 1795."

Date

01/10/1797

Document number

1797011015001

Page start

105

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Notable persons

engineers

Notable locations

War Office

Portsmouth

New Hampshire

Gloste

Cape Ann

Salem

Marblehead

Massachusetts

New York

Rhode Island

New London

Connecticut

Savannah

Point Petre

Georgia

Governor's Island

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Norfolk

Virginia

Wilmington

North Carolina

Fort Johnson

Charleston

South Carolina

Notable items

repairs

additions