Public Purchase of Land for Powder Mill and Stores
Document 1799Relates conversation with the Secretary of War about Wheelen's debt for the land tract on which the powder mill and stores stand. The Secretary agrees to the transaction so the public can purchase the land from Wheelen and hopes to complete the transaction without further public attention.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Relates conversation with the Secretary of War about Wheelen's debt for the land tract on which the powder mill and stores stand. The Secretary agrees to the transaction so the public can purchase the land from Wheelen and hopes to complete the transaction without further public attention.
Date
03/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799031228055
Page start
398
Notable persons
Israel Wheelen
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Land Tract
Powder Mill
Stores