Letter to the Secretary at War
Document 1799John McHenry, writing from the Hague, discusses the new American Navy, the Jacobins in France, the prospects of war in Europe, the French seige of Mantua, and the fall of the citadel in Alexandria with his uncle, James McHenry.
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Letterbook
Description
John McHenry, writing from the Hague, discusses the new American Navy, the Jacobins in France, the prospects of war in Europe, the French seige of Mantua, and the fall of the citadel in Alexandria with his uncle, James McHenry.
Date
08/08/1799
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Document number
1799080840201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to McHenry, 10/22/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
John McHenry
Daniel
insurgents
Dutch
French
English
Russians
John Fries
Navy
privateers
Congress
seamen
General Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
Jacobins
Archduke
Mrs. McHenry
McHenry family
Notable locations
The Hague
Philadelphia
Europe
Holland
Brabant
Paris
Citadel of Alexandria
Mantua
Italy
Tuscany
Switzerland
Notable items
insurrection
insurgency
newspapers
treason
naval prizes
secret expeditions from England
justice
invasion
siege