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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://fulltext10palmm.digital.fclaflvc.eduorg/islandora/object/DLDatauwf%3A3960#page/WF1/WF00000101mode/file8.pdf 1up ''Historic Structure Report, Fort Pickens''.] U.S. Department of the Interior, 1983.</ref> The land on the western end of Santa Rosa Island on which the proposed fort was to be located was owned by [[Henry Michelet]]. On [[May 28]], [[1828]], the United States purchased 1,181 acres from Michelet for the sum of $4,000. On [[June 4]], [[1829]], a contract with [[Underhill and Strong]] for construction of the fort was approved by Chief Engineer [[Wikipedia:Charles Gratiot|Charles Gratiot]] of the Army Corps of Engineers.<ref name="Bearss" />