Simon BERNARD (1779-1839) general and engineer, he carried out major works in the United States, and was Minister of War. 2 L.S. as Brigadier General, member of the Board of Engineers, New York 1822, to American officers; 1page in-4 each; in English. On his topographical work and coastal defense in the United States. July 27, to Captain Hugh Young, Topographical Engineers, Pensacola, Florida. It concerns the topographical surveys of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers that Simon is carrying out with Colonel Totten, both members of the Engineers' Commission. To pay for the work, the Board drew drafts on the Treasury Department, naming Captain Young as beneficiary. However, as the accounts had not yet been settled with the Treasury, the latter had just frozen the salaries of the two engineers, who asked Young to send them receipts for the sums he had received... December 1, to Major General A. Macomb, Chief Engineer, Washington: "I have the honor to report to you that last month the Board were engaged in the projects for the defence of the coasts of Massachusetts"...Attached is a L.S. from George SHEA (1826-1895, magistrate, close to the Confederates), New York circa 1880.