Email Record: James River, Richmond Harbor, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated March 12, 1942, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a review of reports on the James River, Va., with a view to determining if any modification of the existing project is advisable, and particularly with a view to the improvement of Richmond Harbor by means of contraction works, requested by a resolution of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, adopted on January 24, 1939.