Qualifications of Engineer
Document 1800In McHenry's opinion, Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy, known through an introduction by the Marquis de Lafayette, is the best instructed engineer in the US and is highly qualified to give the soundest ideas relative to the proper works for the defense of the harbor at New York.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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In McHenry's opinion, Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy, known through an introduction by the Marquis de Lafayette, is the best instructed engineer in the US and is highly qualified to give the soundest ideas relative to the proper works for the defense of the harbor at New York.
Date
05/12/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800051200001
Page start
1
Note
Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 24, p. 476
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Marquis de Lafayette
Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy
engineer
French
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New York
France
Notable items
harbor
defense
harbour