Reduced by Intermittent Fever, Etc.
Document 1799Rivardi asks that soldiers of the quartermaster's department receive extra pay for extra work and that Dr. Coffin be paid for his additional responsibliities. He complains that his poor health forces him to ask to be relieved of his duties unless he is assigned to West Point which has a more favorable climate.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Rivardi asks that soldiers of the quartermaster's department receive extra pay for extra work and that Dr. Coffin be paid for his additional responsibliities. He complains that his poor health forces him to ask to be relieved of his duties unless he is assigned to West Point which has a more favorable climate.
Date
04/28/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Niagara, New York
Collection
Document number
1799042860000
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Rivardi, 06/25/1799
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John Jacob U. Rivardi
soldiers employed in the quartermaster's department
Dr. John G. Coffin, surgeon's mate and acting quartermaster general
Notable locations
Niagara, New York
Notable items
extra pay for extra work
responsibility for such payments
state of my health
intermittent fever
climate of West Point
sufficient strength
fit for service