Type

Copy of Signed Document

Title

Military Force Authorized

Description

Executive Dept. authorized an augmentation to vessels for increased military support against foreign war ships in U.S. ports.

short description

Military Force Authorized

year created

1793

month created

07

day created

31

author

Henry Knox

recipient

Phineas Bond

in collection

FO 5/2 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence: Series II, 1793, Consuls for John Temple, Phineas Bond, George Miller, John Hamilton, Thomas MacDonogh, and Thomas William Moore.

in image

HAA09

note

Cited in Knox to Bond, 08/01/1793.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

Phineas Bond
Henry Knox
foreign
John Stagg
President of the United States
George Washington
belligerent powers
Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
inspector
master warder
deputy collector
British subjects
His British Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary

notable location

port
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

ship
detention
vessel
augmentation of force
permitted in our ports
report
guns
swivel guns
gun carriages
portholes
offense
dispositions
British vessels
cause of offense
solid ground of expectation
additional hands
clearance

notable idea/issue

neutrality
military support

document number

1793073100007

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