Report on a fleet headed to Ireland
Document 1799Addresses a newspaper report that a fleet is in all probability headed to Ireland, and that the United States must take precautions to protect their own principal forts against any undesirable hostilities. States that it may be useful for the United States government to tell its citizens that it does not deem an invasion by a foreign power impossible.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Addresses a newspaper report that a fleet is in all probability headed to Ireland, and that the United States must take precautions to protect their own principal forts against any undesirable hostilities. States that it may be useful for the United States government to tell its citizens that it does not deem an invasion by a foreign power impossible.
Date
06/18/1799
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Repository
Collection
Document number
1799061800301
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 06/19/1799
Notable persons
Benjamin Stoddert
James McHenry
Notable locations
Sea
Ireland
ports
Charleston
New Orleans
Chesapeake
Delaware
New York
Newport
Boston
Egypt
Notable items
Newspapers
fleet
vessel
signals
