I am as anxious as any officer to discharge the duties of my station...
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
I am as anxious as any officer to discharge the duties of my station...
Description
Rivardi reports at great length from Niagara and educates Hamilton on the use of Artillery and Engineers. He is grateful that a Court of Inquiry will investigate the charges brought against him by Captain Bruff and assesses the activities of the British in his region. He is doing much to improve the garrison at Niagara but is not impressed with the supply system in which invoices seldom match the contents of hogsheads.
year created
1799
month created
07
day created
25
author
sent from location
Niagara, New York
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 08/25/1799 and Hamilton to McHenry, 08/24/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
John J. U. Rivardi
Lieutenant Vischer
Captain Pilkington
British have formed an establishment at St. Joseph [island on Lake Huron] where they attract fur traders
our sick are visited regularly by the surgeons of the British garrison
Mr. Hodgdon
notable location
Niagara, New York
Germany
France
West Point
Norfolk
Baltimore
Detroit
Oswego
notable item/thing
impatience and disgust created on a mind debilitated by sickness and soured by circumstances
my conduct will convince you that I am as anxious as any officer in the army to discharge...the duties of my station
I have to lament that I wrote with perhaps too much heat on the subject
separation between the Engineering and Artillery branches
the mode of forming brigades of engineers as adopted by the British seems to me a very good one
difference between the English and French exercise of field pieces
dragrope requires a great space of ground
a single ball may also sweep away the half of the men when marching
too little has been done in the Artillery establishment for sappers and miners
in Austria they are educated from their infancy in military school
proportion of bombardiers
arrangements which you have made for a Court of Inquiry
I regret the departure of Doctor Coffin
plans of the River Miami
procure from the British engineers a correct map of the lakes
large velum paper
brushes and a box of Reeves' Colors [flags]
little necessity of keeping a garrison at Mackinac
in case of war
procuring wood
season for cutting is short
torture arising from mosquitoes
I procured several thousand pickets
I am now making new platforms where they are wanted
wood is bought or procured by contract
two tierces
no hogshead contained what was mentioned in the invoices
clothing
we issued yesterday the last infantry coat
document number
1799072560000
Item sets
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Jacob Rivardi | Niagara, New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |