Document, 1798 May 15
Document, 1798 May 15
- Name
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
- Watson, James, 1750-1806 (Addressee)
- Title
- Document, 1798 May 15
- Abstract
- The Comptroller has been ordered to pay the balance owed relative to the act for erecting fortifications within the state. Consents to lending the cannon mentioned and will communicate the same to the Commandant on Governor's Island. Encloses an extract from a letter of the Secretary at War which communicates the President's assurance to return the lo an of the cannon, and asks John Jay's consent in taking the cannon from Governor's Island.
- Subjects
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Format
- correspondence
- Genre
- correspondence
- Origin Information
- 17980515
- Date
- 1798 May 15
- Physical Description
- 1
- Note
- The entire content of the original has been digitized.
- Library Location
- Stanford University Libraries, Department of Special Collections
(Non-Columbia Location) - Also In
- The papers of John Jay