- Collection:
- McDuffie Museum Collection
- Title:
- Letter, William H. Crawford to Collector of Georgetown, 1821
- Creator:
- Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
- Date of Original:
- 1821-04-16
- Subject:
- Sailors--Medical care
Sailors--Health aspects
United States. Navy--Social services
United States--History--War of 1812
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
Tax collection--Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Georgetown, 38.9048338, -77.0624775
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Letter from United States Secretary of the Treasury William Harris Crawford to the Collector of Georgetown which outlines rules for carrying out the provisions granted by the 1789 act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. The relief fund, raised from taxes, was intended to cover the costs of temporary relief to seamen. The rules enforce relief that is temporary by restricting relief to seamen with curable diseases, for no longer than four months. 1 image.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:mcdm_mcd_mcd0026
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/mcdm/mcd/do:mcd0026
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- McDuffie Museum
- Rights:
-
