Document, 1798 April n.d.

Name
New York (N.Y.) (Addressee)
Title
Document, 1798 April n.d.
Abstract
23 April - memorial of a Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to the Corporation of the City of New York. Suggest that 18 or 20 cannon mounted on field carriages would afford "prompt means of resisting the attacks of a few inferior vessels." 30 April - extract from the minutes of the Common Council of the Corporation of New York City. Resolved that th e Governor be requested to apply to the President of the U.S. for 16 cannon for use in defense of the city.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1798 April n.d.
Physical Description
7
Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
Library Location
New-York Historical Society
(Non-Columbia Location)
Also In
The papers of John Jay