Price of Land for Whetstone Point [Fort McHenry] Fortifications
Document 1798States that the Baltimore Naval Committee has purchased the land for fortifications at Whetstone Point for $6,600, and that work is proceeding apace; requests $8,000 from the government for various expenses.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
States that the Baltimore Naval Committee has purchased the land for fortifications at Whetstone Point for $6,600, and that work is proceeding apace; requests $8,000 from the government for various expenses.
Date
11/13/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Baltimore
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798111340401
Page start
17
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 08/19/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
George Sears
Chaiman Naval Committee
congress
Robert Gilmor
Baltimore Naval Committee
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Whetstone Point
Maryland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Notable items
fortifications
land purchase
expenditures
draft