Quote it.
The feds wouldn't agree to construct the fort without clear title.
That was Fort Sumter. I am talking about Moultrie, Johnson, and Pinckney, which were subject of the 1805 act's conditional transfer.
Quote it.
I already did.
You tried to deceive but you got caught.
Walt
That's a lie. This is what you said:
"There is also the issue of how the federals came into ownership of the forts in Charleston to begin with. The South Carolina legislature had, over the previous decades, granted them permission by statute to occupy, maintain, and build upon the Charleston forts so long as they were kept in working condition and used for coastal defenses against foreign enemies."
Walt