One of the strongest positions by nature perhaps in America...
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
One of the strongest positions by nature perhaps in America...
Description
General Washington extols the virtues of the area surrounding Harpers Ferry as an excellent site for a winter encampment. It is also ideal for an arsenal and a foundry.
year created
1799
month created
09
day created
29
author
sent from location
Mount Vernon
recipient
in collection
in publication
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Colonel Carrington
Quartermaster General
Tobias Lear
notable location
Mount Vernon
Winchester, the nearest post-town to Colonel Parker's residence
Harpers Ferry
Potomac River
Shenandoah River
notable item/thing
winter cantonment
furnaces
forges
iron
inland navigation
completing the huts
price of the land
notable phrase
There being no person in my view more eligible than Colonel Parker to carry your instructions into effect
I confined him [Parker] more pointedly than you had done to the site near Harpers Ferry for his winter cantonment
being in a fertile and most abounding country
one of the strongest positions by nature perhaps in America
if the States are wise enough to keep united, I have no doubt of this arsenal being their principal place of arms and best foundry
as it is in the midst of furnaces and forges of the best iron
it is indubitably--supposing the advantage of water transportation out of the question altogether, the great highway to the country on the River Ohio
I did not hesitate a moment in giving the vicinity of Harpers Ferry (at the confluence of the Rivers Potomac and Shenandoah) a decided preference
there is a sufficiency of land purchased for the purpose of the arsenal
document number
1799092960000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | George Washington | Mount Vernon | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |