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==Design and construction==
The Fortifications Bill of 1828 was signed into law by President John Quincy Adams on [[May 24]] of that year. It allocated $50,000 for the construction of fortifications at Pensacola. A supplemental appropriation the following year allocated another $55,000.<refname="Bearss">Bearss, Edwin C. [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLDatacgi/t/WFtext/text-idx?c=fhp&idno=WF00000101/file8.&format=pdf ''Historic Structure Report, Fort Pickens''.] U.S. Department of the Interior, 1983.</ref>
[[Image:Fort Pickens map 1861.png|thumb|right|1861 sketch of the fort]]