Additional Funds Required for Fortifications, Advice on Frigate
Document 1794Maj. Rivardi stated additional funds required to properly fortify Norfolk. Request for personal opinion on practicality of building a frigate at Norfolk.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Maj. Rivardi stated additional funds required to properly fortify Norfolk. Request for personal opinion on practicality of building a frigate at Norfolk.
Date
06/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1794060900001
Notable persons
Henry Lee
Henry Knox
John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi
Governor Virginia
Major Rivardi
Secretary of War
British
President of United States
George Washington
British Minister
Governor Maryland
engineer
blacksmith
ship carpenters
artillerist
Captain Hannah
Captain Richard Scott Blackburn
brother
Captain of Artillery
Notable locations
naval stations
coast
Chesapeake
Maryland
Great Britain
War Department
Virginia
Norfolk
Notable items
recommendation
security
war
frigate
fortifications
British ship Charles
British schooner Delight
captured ships
limits of our protection
money
mounting cannon