Fortifications at Norfolk and revolt at Smithfield
Document 1794Secretary Knox informs the Governor of Virginia that the sum of money to be deployed for the fortifications of Norfolk amounts to $6737. Knox has requested Secretary Hamilton to enter into immediate arrangements for purchasing the land necessary. Finally, Knox comments on the failed revolt in Smithfield, Virginia, which he calls an "open and violent resistance to the laws."
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Secretary Knox informs the Governor of Virginia that the sum of money to be deployed for the fortifications of Norfolk amounts to $6737. Knox has requested Secretary Hamilton to enter into immediate arrangements for purchasing the land necessary. Finally, Knox comments on the failed revolt in Smithfield, Virginia, which he calls an "open and violent resistance to the laws."
Date
07/30/1794
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Recipient
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War Department
Collection
Document number
1794073013000
Note
VP,VII,237
Notable persons
Henry Lee
Henry Knox
Governor
John Jacob Rivardi
engineers
Notable locations
War Department
Virginia
Norfolk
western
Notable items
artillery
dollars
money
Treasury
revolt
resistance
violence
fortifications