Significance of Military Force Maintained by the U.S.
Document 1799McHenry stresses that he considers the preservation of internal peace and a due respect for the rights of the U.S. by foreign nations to be inextricably connected with the actual military force maintained by the U.S. If that force is found to be insignificant, good intentions will not be encouraged nor hostility much deterred.
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McHenry stresses that he considers the preservation of internal peace and a due respect for the rights of the U.S. by foreign nations to be inextricably connected with the actual military force maintained by the U.S. If that force is found to be insignificant, good intentions will not be encouraged nor hostility much deterred.
Date
06/04/1799
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Recipient
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Philadelphia
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Collection
Document number
1799060400401
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1
Notable persons
Theodore Sedgewick
James McHenry
Notable locations
Philadelphia