Suggestion to Establish Navy Yard
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Suggestion to Establish Navy Yard
Description
"At this time, McHenry 'suggested to Hamilton the establishment of a permanent navy yard, and enclosed a draft of his departmental report in which he tried not to censure his predecessors.'"
year created
1796
author
recipient
note
document is dated 1796-January 1797 by Syrett, and 1797/02/21 by Steiner.
notable person/group
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
notable location
War Department
navy yard
notable item/thing
report
notable idea/issue
advice
construction
building
document number
1796999900099
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source |
|---|
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |