Simon BERNARD (1779-1839) general and engineer, he carried out great 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; 1 page in-4 each; in English. On his topographical works and the defense of the coasts in the United States. July 27, to Captain Hugh Young, of the 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 Board of Engineers. To pay for the expenses incurred by this work, the latter drew drafts on the Treasury Department, naming Captain Young as beneficiary. But the accounts not being yet balanced with the Treasury, this one has just blocked the salaries of the two engineers, who ask Young to send them the receipts corresponding to the sums which he received... December 1, to Major General A. Macomb, Chief Engineer, in Washington: "I have the honor to report to you that last month the Board were engaged in the projects for the defense of the coasts of Massachusetts"...