Letter from the Secretary of War regarding Perrault's duties as temporary engineer
Document 1794Instructions from Knox to Paul Hyacinthe Perrault regarding duties as temporary engineer for fortifications assigned to Charleston, South Carolina.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Instructions from Knox to Paul Hyacinthe Perrault regarding duties as temporary engineer for fortifications assigned to Charleston, South Carolina.
Date
04/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794041100005
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
President of the United States
John James Learis
Jerome Murlhie
Artificers
engineers
Secretary of War
interpreter
artillery artificer
George Washington
Governor South Carolina
garrison
Notable locations
South Carolina
War Office
North Carolina
Charleston
Charleston Port
Charleston Harbor
Notable items
carriages
red hot balls
furnace
powder
cannon
embrasures
timber
earth
blockhouse
magazine
tents
fraizes
redoubts
instructions
fortifications
parapte
plank
joist
battery
works
warrant