Enclosed map for the War Department
Document 1794Letter from Major Rivardi to Secretary Knox. Supplies the War Department with a map of the different rivers, roads, and other features of the Virginia landscape, relevant to the construction of fortifications. Requests that Knox forward him the advance of the sum allowed for his compensation. Also encloses a return of the laborers employed at the fortifications; refers to a "scarcity of hands."
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Description
Letter from Major Rivardi to Secretary Knox. Supplies the War Department with a map of the different rivers, roads, and other features of the Virginia landscape, relevant to the construction of fortifications. Requests that Knox forward him the advance of the sum allowed for his compensation. Also encloses a return of the laborers employed at the fortifications; refers to a "scarcity of hands."
Date
07/06/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Norfolk
Collection
Document number
1794070640100
Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Jacob Rivardi
laborers
workers
Notable locations
Norfolk
Elizabeth's River
Cape Henry
James River
Nansemond River
Craney Island
Germany
France
Russia
Philadelphia
Alexandria
Baltimore
Elk
Notable items
weather
cash
works
surveys
map
roads
vessels
shot
construction
furnaces
expenses
compensation
fortification
forts
guns