Details Surrounding Construction & Naming of Fort [Pickering] at Salem
Document 1799Acknowledges receipt by the Salem Board of Selectmen of federal money for the strengthening of fortifications at Salem, Massachusetts; discusses details of the construction of the works. Also discusses how accounting shall be undertaken for the project. Asks for permission to name the works Fort Pickering, and requests that McHenry ask President Adams to stop in Salem and perform a naming ceremony on the fort while he is in the region for the launching of "the frigate."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Acknowledges receipt by the Salem Board of Selectmen of federal money for the strengthening of fortifications at Salem, Massachusetts; discusses details of the construction of the works. Also discusses how accounting shall be undertaken for the project. Asks for permission to name the works Fort Pickering, and requests that McHenry ask President Adams to stop in Salem and perform a naming ceremony on the fort while he is in the region for the launching of "the frigate."
Date
08/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Salem
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799082040201
Page start
2
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 08/28/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Johnathan Waldo
Board of Selectmen
Goodhue
Accountant
Secretary of State
President of the United States
Timothy Pickering
John Adams
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Salem
Fort Williams
Fort Pickering
Notable items
works
expenditure
fort
guns
shipping
cannon
gun carriages
solid rock
foundation
construction
wheels
timber
warp
rot
armory
money
bills
receipts
wages
appointment
fortress
ceremony
frigate