Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815) [Committee of Defence authorization for Dr. Robert M. Patterson to lead a Corps of Field Engineers]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02978.01 Author/Creator: Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 August 1814 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
The committee, empowered by the General Committee of Philadelphia, made Patterson the chief engineer and organizer of the corps and charged them with "the Defence of the City and its Environs."
Robert M. Patterson was a professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan Williams was the chairman of the Committee of Defence .
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