Fortification of ports and harbors
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Fortification of ports and harbors
Description
Secretary Knox corresponds with Governor Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire on matters pertaining to the fortification of Portsmouth harbor.
year created
1794
month created
03
day created
24
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in image
note
Document interleaved in Washington Irving's Life of George Washington. Cited in Knox to Bartlett, 03/24/1794, and Bartlett to Knox, 04/14/1794.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Josiah Bartlett
Henry Knox
congress
George Washington
engineer
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
notable item/thing
works
eighteen pounders
document number
1794032400001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | JGA05 (3 pages) | Collection: Interleaved document in Washington Irving's Life of George Washington. | Vol. 13, p.164 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Governor Josiah Bartlett | [unknown] | [n/a] |