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Johnston, Edward W., fl. 1850. Letter, 1850 Jul. 1, Washington, D.C. [to] John C. Hamilton.

Title: Letter, 1850 Jul. 1, Washington, D.C. [to] John C. Hamilton.

Letter of introduction for Frederick Smith of the Army Corps of Engineers who is researching the history of the Military Academy. Johnston requests that Hamilton aid Smith by giving him access to Hamilton's papers.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7359561 View

Delafield, Richard, 1798-1873. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1838-1864.

Army officer. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy. Historical research papers dealing with naval batteries; papers, notes and visas collected while an observer of the Crimean War; orders; proposal for "City guard seacoast artillery, 1858-1862"; proposal for hospital at Sandy Hook, N.J.; mechanical drawings; 1856 inventory of books, maps, plans, drawings, instruments, and other public property in possession of Major Richard Delafield regarding fortification of New York Harbor; correspondence arranged alphabetically by folder, including correspondence with John Gross Barnard, William H.C. Bartlett, Henry Washington Benham, Henry Brewerton, Archibald Campbell, Sir Samuel Cunard, Jefferson Davis, Miner Knowlton, John Young Mason, George B. McClellan, William Learned Marcy, Edward Denison Morgan, Frederick A. Smith, Sylvanus Thayer, Joseph G. Totten, Daniel Phineas Woodbury and others; miscellaneous correspondence is also included.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8080759 View

Smith, Frederick Augustus, 1812-1852. Letter, 1843 July 3, West Point, N.Y. to Miner Knowlton, Ft. Washington, Md.

Title: Letter, 1843 July 3, West Point, N.Y. to Miner Knowlton, Ft. Washington, Md.

Letter regarding the state's resolutions against the Military Academy.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4163763 View

Smith, Frederick Augustus, 1812-1852. Letter, 1832 Dec. 9th [to] Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary at [sic] War.

Title: Letter, 1832 Dec. 9th [to] Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary at [sic] War.

Letter to Lewis Cass claiming that Captain Hitchcock's charge that Smith was absent from the barracks after taps is unfounded. Smith is concerned about the precedent that will be set if an officer is able to accuse and punish a cadet without evidence. F.A. Smith sent a copy of this letter to Sylvanus Thayer with a note explaining his reasons for appealing to the Secretary of War.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 25 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8637920 View

Smith, Frederick Augustus, 1812-1852. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1833-1850.

Officer, U.S. Army, Civil Engineer. Letter, 2 April 1833, to Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, discussing cadet discipline; letter, 7 August 1839, to J.G. Totten discussing a disciplinary incident which occurred while Smith was a cadet; letter, 3 July 1843, from Miner Knowlton discussing legislative debate on the administration of West Point; copy of letter to J.G. Totten, 20 May 1845, outlining new battery design and including diagrams; letters, 23 June and 27 June 1848, regarding beam construction for new cadet barracks including diagrams; specifications for construction; correspondence, 1850, from G.W. Cullum regarding the Military Academy's history and Cullum's plans to go to Europe.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8192168 View