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Document 1799General Washington extols the virtues of the area surrounding Harpers Ferry as an excellent site for a winter encampment. It is also ideal for an arsenal and a foundry.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
General Washington extols the virtues of the area surrounding Harpers Ferry as an excellent site for a winter encampment. It is also ideal for an arsenal and a foundry.
Date
09/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Collection
Document number
1799092960000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Colonel Carrington
Quartermaster General
Tobias Lear
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
Winchester, the nearest post-town to Colonel Parker's residence
Harpers Ferry
Potomac River
Shenandoah River
Notable items
winter cantonment
furnaces
forges
iron
inland navigation
completing the huts
price of the land