Dam from Virginia to the Island on the Potomac

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Dam from Virginia to the Island on the Potomac

Description

Colonel Buel is recommended as being better acquainted with the water than most people so he should be consulted on the projected dam to be established from Virginia to the island on the Potomac.

year created

1799

month created

02

day created

25

author

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

note

Partially illegible.

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Joseph Nourse
superintendent military stores
Colonel Buell

notable location

Philadelphia
Potomac River
Island on Shenandoah River
Harper's Ferry
Virginia

notable item/thing

dam

document number

1799022580102

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) ZQD23 (4 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 7
[view document] (3 pages) ZQD23a (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 7

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Joseph Nourse Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]