War Department Fire
Item
Type
Letter, Type Undetermined
Title
War Department Fire
Description
Describes War Office fire, damage to War Office library, discusses atlas.
year created
1801
month created
03
day created
05
author
sent from location
Baltimore
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
James McHenry
recipient note
Samuel Dexter
notable person/group
Samuel Dexter
James McHenry
Faden
King
notable location
Baltimore
Malten
Goza
Philadelphia
Baltimore
London
United States
notable item/thing
military books
ship Hampton
business of the office
charged the cost of the atlas in his public accounts
liberty of offering it to the Department of War
trouble of a new settlement with me in the accounting offices
contents of the 1st volume
acknowledged the receipt of your obliging letter
made for myself and on my private account
received your letter (duplicate)
compilation of maps
published in London
procure them for the Department of War
treatises
employed a particular bookseller to compile into an atlas all the most valuable maps
anything new and of merit was published
scarce and valuable books
military art
United States were most likely to form commercial relations
extremely difficult if at all practicable to replace
public loss
head of the Department of War
report to Congress on the subject of the burning of the War Office
destruction of papers, books and like presented as more extensive than I had before any concept of
library of the department
rare and valuable books
document number
1801030540001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | BAA12 (3 pages) | Collection: American Manuscripts | Ms Am 84a |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | Baltimore | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Dexter | [unknown] | [n/a] |