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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.06174
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0123] July-September 1794 
Title Henry Knox to Stephen Rochefontaine about creating fortifications
Date 16 August 1794
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Rochefontaine, Stephen  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document; Government document
Content Description Requests fortifications be made in several places with the "utmost vigor." Notes the agents located in those places need to make arrangements for possessing the necessary grounds. Also mentions needing surveys on each fortification.
Subjects Military History  Fortification  Maritime  Surveying  Government and Civics  
People Rochefontaine, Stephen (1755-1814)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859