Requests Assistance with Prison Guards at Morris Town

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Assistance with Prison Guards at Morris Town

Description

Encloses letter from Major Burrows. The Marine Corps cannot furnish the requested guard for sixty prisoners at Morris Town. Requests that the Harper's Ferry guard be relieved to assist in Morris Town.

year created

1799

month created

09

day created

13

author

Benjamin Stoddert

sent from location

Navy Department

recipient

James McHenry

in collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45)

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ZWW17
ZWW17a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
William Burrows
Marine Corps
Guard
Prisoners
infantry
army
prisoners
Secretary of War

notable location

Navy Department
Morris Town
Harper's Ferry
New Jersey

document number

1799091340201

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWW17a (1 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) P: 21

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Stoddert Navy Department [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]