Building and Repairing Barracks
Document 1799McHenry has given orders to Jonathan Jackson to have repairs made to existing barracks and to build a new one. The new barracks will be used as a temporary hospital and should not be located anywhere where it would be an obstruction to the defense of the place.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McHenry has given orders to Jonathan Jackson to have repairs made to existing barracks and to build a new one. The new barracks will be used as a temporary hospital and should not be located anywhere where it would be an obstruction to the defense of the place.
Date
06/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799062500102
Page start
1
Note
Recipient not indicated in the document.
Notable persons
General Benjamin Lincoln
James McHenry
Jonathan Jackson
supervisor Boston
workmen
Secretary of War
William Simmons
sick seamen
sick marines
garrison
Notable locations
Boston
Massachusetts
barracks
War Department
Notable items
repairs
contract
build
expense
estimate
pay
settlement
temporary hospital
defence