Movement of Office due to Fever in City - Papers of the War Department

Movement of Office due to Fever in City

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Due to a lingering fever in Philadelphia, seeks to move office to Trenton New Jersey.

Date

08/22/1799

Author

Benjamin Stoddert

Recipient

Sent from

Navy Department

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To

Document number

1799082240201

Page start

1

Notable persons

James McHenry

Benjamin Stoddart

Secretary at War

Notable locations

Navy Department

Philadelphia

Trenton

Notable items

Yellow Fever

epidemic