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- GLC#
- GLC07155
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 19 November 1798
- Author/Creator
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Title
- to John Jay
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 24 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Inspector General Alexander Hamilton writes to Governor of New York John Jay about the importance of engineers in planning the defense of Philadelphia against possible attack duing the threat of war between the United States and France in 1798. Accompanied by the address leaf, which has been trimmed to a single panel.
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