President Washington approves of Knox's report respecting the defense of the Miro District, and the Governor of the Southwestern Territory is authorized to carry it into effect.
Due to the irregularity of the service interfering with the arrangement of Howell's office, he is late answering Chester's letter but Chester has been exonerated from the advance in question.
Mr. Perrault appointed to direct the building of fortifications in Charleston, SC. Knox requested Vanderhorst to appoint someone to superintend the daily operations.
Instructions to Nicholas Francis Martinon, acting as temporary engineer in the service of the United States, regarding the fortifications at Wilmington and Ocracoke, North Carolina.
Appointment as Engineer for the fortification of the port in Charleston, SC. Instructions to proceed with construction with haste. Instructions on course of construction included.
Hodgdon is ordered to have six 3 & 1/2 inch iron howitzers, with ammunition for 100 rounds for each piece including 25 grape or case shot, transported to Fort Pitt and then sent down the Ohio to General Robertson at Nashville.
Regarding ship building calculations, Secretary Knox asks that shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys estimate how many men it would require in two months to cut the frame in Georgia. Knox is likely referring the Southern Live Oak, found in Georgia.
Knox requests that Humphreys add to his calculations the number of men it would require to cut the frame of one of the vessels in Georgia in two months.
