Re-Submission of Letter Requesting Engineer for Fort McHenry

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Re-Submission of Letter Requesting Engineer for Fort McHenry

Description

Gilmer re-submits a letter from mid-February for which he never received a reply, which asked for the sending of an engineer to oversee the Fort McHenry construction.

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

19

author

sent from location

Baltimore

recipient

in collection

in image

note

Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 08/19/1799.

notable person/group

Robert Gilmor

notable location

Baltimore

notable item/thing

engineer
construction
nothing can be done until an engineer is appointed
request
workmen

document number

1799031990101

page start

18

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (34 pages) IDI08 (34 pages) Collection: John Adams Papers R: 396

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Robert Gilmor Baltimore [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]