Purchasing land for fortifications
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Purchasing land for fortifications
Description
Secretary Hamilton informs Secretary Knox that no general Instructions have gone from the Treasury to the Collectors relative to the purchase of the lands on which fortifications might be erected. Encloses a memorandum of all the cases in which cessions and purchases have been made. The treaty for the purchase of the land on which the fortifications are erecting at Baltimore has been suspended.
year created
1794
month created
12
day created
17
author
sent from location
Treasury Department
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Secretary of War, Third Congress, National Archives.
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
collectors
notable location
Treasury Department
Baltimore
notable item/thing
fortification
land
memorandum
cession
purchase
treaty
document number
1794121740200
Item sets
Document instances
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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 | Alexander Hamilton | Treasury Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |