Hartcup, Thomas, fl. 1761-1820 [Accounts of costs for Fort Penobscot and Fort Halifax]

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GLC#
GLC01450.012.03-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1779-1784
Author/Creator
Hartcup, Thomas, fl. 1761-1820
Title
[Accounts of costs for Fort Penobscot and Fort Halifax]
Place Written
Maine
Pagination
1 vellum roll Height: 29.5 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

British document concerning the construction of these two forts. States that expenditures are for Fort Penobscot from 1 May 1779 to 24 January 1784 and at Halifax from 1 January 1783 to 31 July 1783. Hartcup was Commanding Engineer. Fort Penobscot was occupied by British forces 1779-1783. It is now known as Fort George. It was the last post to be surrendered by the British at the end of the Revolutionary war.

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