Fortifications at Norfolk
Document 1794The engineer for fortifying Norfolk writes to Secretary Knox. States that all the guns at Fort Norfolk have been mounted and unmasked; the battery is now completely turfed and in perfect order; the barracks are already framed. Writes that the weather has been very favorable.
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Printed Document
Description
The engineer for fortifying Norfolk writes to Secretary Knox. States that all the guns at Fort Norfolk have been mounted and unmasked; the battery is now completely turfed and in perfect order; the barracks are already framed. Writes that the weather has been very favorable.
Date
12/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Norfolk
Collection
Document number
1794120940200
Notable persons
Henry Knox
John Jacob Rivardi
Captain Blackburne
Notable locations
Norfolk
Fort Nelson
Notable items
guns
fort
fortification
battery
river
carriages
barracks
weather
frost
workmen
ditch
labor
laborers