Proposed Foundry on the Potomac
Document 1800Johnson believes that the proposed foundry should be established on the Potomac above the Great Falls at the mouth of the Virginia Catoctin, rather than on the Shenandoah. He also inquires after an offer he made a year previously to supply shot to the War Department.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Johnson believes that the proposed foundry should be established on the Potomac above the Great Falls at the mouth of the Virginia Catoctin, rather than on the Shenandoah. He also inquires after an offer he made a year previously to supply shot to the War Department.
Date
02/12/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fredrick
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800021240001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Cited in McHenry to Johnson, 03/04/1800.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Thomas Johnson
Congress
Notable locations
Fredrick
Shenandoah
Potomac River
Great Falls
Virginia
Catocin Creek
Notable items
foundry
shot
estimates