Contract for erecting and repairing works at Fort Johnston, between Griffith J. McRee and Benjamin Smith

Item

Type

Copy of Signed Document

Title

Contract for erecting and repairing works at Fort Johnston, between Griffith J. McRee and Benjamin Smith

Description

Signed at Wilmington North Carolina, contract for erecting and repairing works at Fort Johnston North Carolina, between Griffith J. McRee agent for War Department, and Benjamin Smith.

year created

1799

month created

06

day created

01

secondary author

secondary recipient

in image

author note

Griffith McRee; Benjamin Smith.

notable person/group

Griffith L. McRea
Griffith L. McRee
agent for War Department
Benjamin Smith
Samuel R. Jocelyn
Samuel Lewis Junior
clerk

notable location

Wilmington
North Carolina
Brunswick County
War Department
Fort Johnston
site of old Fort Johnston

notable item/thing

fortifications
contract
walls
erect
repair
works
shell lime
sand
ditch
rampart
parapet
glacis
bastions
branch
crotch
compensation
invasion

document number

1799060128101

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) XQC09 (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:520
[view document] (3 pages) XQC09a (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:520

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Griffith James McRee [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Benjamin Smith [unknown] [n/a]