Request for Report on State of Fortifications of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Request for Report on State of Fortifications of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Description

Requests a report on the state of the fortifications at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with an estimate of any remaining costs or materials required to complete them. Pickering desires this information in part so that he may include it in his report to Congress.

year created

1795

month created

11

day created

18

sent from location

War Office

recipient

sent to location

Portsmouth

in image

note

duplicate images

notable person/group

Joseph Whipple
Timothy Pickering
Joseph Whipple
War Department
congress
Secretary of War

notable location

Portsmouth
War Office
New Hampshire
fortifications

notable item/thing

report
estimate
articles
expenses
report to congress

document number

1795111800101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

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[view document] (4 pages) BCA05 (4 pages) Collection: Joseph & William Whipple Papers bMs Am 1832 (190)

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering War Office [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Whipple Portsmouth [n/a]