Situation of the Garrison at Niagara
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Situation of the Garrison at Niagara
Description
Rivardi reports on the deprivations and hardships of his garrison at Niagara as winter approaches. He has a larger number of sick than usual, including his wife. Much of his meat and flour has gone bad and he worries that his supplies won't arrive before ice blocks river transportation.
year created
1799
month created
10
day created
02
author
sent from location
Niagara
recipient
in collection
in publication
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
John J. Rivardi
Major Hoops
Captain Sill
Captain Bruff
officers of the court
Doctor Muirhead
Quartermaster's department
sick requiring attendance
Colonel O'Hara
issuing Commissary here
last detachment from Oswego
Board of War
James Thackara, engraver
your Assistant Adjutant General [Abraham Ellery]
notable location
Niagara
place fortified by Vauban or Coehorn
Newark [New Ark]
notable item/thing
charges
greater number of sick than usual
winter clothing
coats
Doctor Coffin's illness
supplies
winter
medical assistance for this garrison
Mrs. Rivardi's situation
half a gill of rum per ration
extra liquor...for fatique compensation
wharf
ice
safe basin for our boats
stormy weather
gallons of rum
vessel
state of the provisions
putrid meat
damaged flour may be of use for the public cattle
mail
papers of the garrison
quartermaster's return
"Rudiments of a Large Fortification," translated it seems from the French
extact of Clairac
Belair's "Manual de l'Artilleur"
press of [John Ward] Fenno
[treatise] on field fortifications
[treatise] of Gaudi, a Prussian officer with the additions made by Belair
trigonometrical operations
notable phrase
before I exhibit formally aginst Captain Bruff it would be perhaps proper to wait for a final result of those which he entered against me
I hope that our supplies will arrive before winter otherwise the troops must experience several severe wants
intercourse between Newark and Niagara will be suspended on account of the ice
This garrison had no wharf
The British having constructed [their wharf] in so slight a manner that they always werecarried away by the ice
document number
1799100260000
Item sets
Document instances
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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 | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |