Recommends Harper's Ferry as Location for National Cannon Foundry

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Recommends Harper's Ferry as Location for National Cannon Foundry

Description

Responds to inquiry about site for a cannon foundry. Suggests Harper's Ferry as the most central location. Hopes to add his name to the recommendation forwarded to the President.

year created

1800

month created

03

day created

11

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)

in image

ZWX02
ZWX02a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddart
John Adams

notable location

Navy Department
Harper's Ferry
Potomac River
Virginia
[West Virginia]

notable idea/issue

casting for cannon and shot

document number

1800031140301

page start

1

Item sets

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWX02 (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: 27
[view document] (1 pages) ZWX02a (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: 27

Document names

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