Title
[Document, 1798 May 15]
Library Location
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Watson, James, 1750-1806 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
May 15, 1798
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
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 loan of the cannon, and asks John Jay's consent in taking the cannon from Governor's Island.
Identifier
columbia.jay.03156