To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 24 July 1794

From Henry Knox1

War Department, July 24, 1794. “I have the honour to transmit you a Copy of a circular letter to the several Engineers employed for fortifying certain ports and harbours of the United States.2 And I beg leave to request that you will take such measures as you may deem proper for the purchase of such tracts of land, at the places respectively as shall be designated by the Engineers to the Agents.”

Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Secretary of War, Third Congress, National Archives.

1. This letter was enclosed in a report of the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives dated December 19, 1794. The report is printed in ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Military Affairs, I, 71–107.

2. For information about the fortifications, see Knox to H, March 29, 1794.

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Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 24 July 1794
Author: Knox, Henry
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 24 July 1794

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Cite as: “To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 24 July 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-16-02-0628. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 16, February 1794 – July 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, pp. 616–617.]

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