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LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Papers, 1812-1897

Title: John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897

This collection contains mostly entomological material, with much information on the description and identification of particular insects, entomological collections, and the study of entomology in Europe and the United States. In addition, there are materials on medicine and hospitals during the American Civil War, on the Corps of Topographical Engineers, the United States Army, on natural history in the United States, and on the LeConte's family. Some letters are written to President Rutherford B. Hayes and concern the Commissionership of Agriculture, for which LeConte was considered, but not appointed. Letters of John Eatton LeConte and Joseph LeConte are included.

ArchivalResource: 7.7 Linear feet, Ca. 1900 items

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Fuller, B. A. G., 1879-1956. Autograph collection, 1620-1920

Title: B. A. G. Fuller autograph collection

Letters and autographs collected by Harvard University philosophy professor B.A.G. Fuller.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear feet (3 volumes and 1 box)

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Seth Drew papers 1808-1812 Drew, Seth papers

Title: Seth Drew papers 1808-1812 Drew, Seth papers

This collection holds the official correspondence of Seth Drew, a Massachusetts native was the superintendent of fortifications for the Army Corps of Engineers between 1808 and 1812. He managed the construction and fortification of the harbor in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in anticipation of war with Great Britain.

ArchivalResource: 23 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1334dre?rgn=main;view=text View

Fraser, William Davidson, d. 1856. William Davidson Fraser letter books and Mexican War diary, 1837-1847.

Title: William Davidson Fraser letter books and Mexican War diary, 1837-1847.

Two letter books containing copies of letters written by Fraser, using the name William Smith, Jun, 1837-Jan, 1838, and Jul, 1838-Mar, 1839, copied in manuscript in an unidentified hand; and a holograph diary, kept by Fraser during the Mexican War, Jan-Sep, 1847. Letters, dated at Rochester, New York, most to General Charles Gratiot or General J. G. Swift, concern Lake Ontario harbors at Oak Orchard Creek, Genesee River, Oswego River, and Sodus Bay. The letters discuss funding and planning of works at these harbors, and they report progress of construction. Diary entries concern Fraser's work on fortifications in Monterrey, including discussion of construction, employment of Mexicans and United States soldiers as laborers, the occupation of Monterrey, and operations of the United States Army in Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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Alden Partridge Papers, 1807-1959, (bulk 1817-1842)

Title: Alden Partridge Papers 1807-1959 (bulk 1817-1842)

U.S. Army officer, engineer, educator, and state legislator from Vermont. Principally letters (1817-1842) received by Partridge from students and their parents relating to educational matters at the United States Military Academy, the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, and other academies with which Partridge was associated from 1808-1850; letters and documents concerning military activities during the War of 1812, a dispute between Sylvanus Thayer and Partridge over the administration of the United States Military Academy and Partridge’s court martial; a library journal; student rolls; and letters or copies of letters written by Partridge, including several to James Monroe.

ArchivalResource: 650 items; 4 containers; 1.4 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

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Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1800-1865.

General, U.S. Army. Correspondence, 1804-1865, including correspondence with Sylvanus Thayer, Jonathan Williams, Winfield Scott, Charles Gratiot, Joseph G. Totten, Alexander Macomb, and James Monroe; typed transcripts of correspondence received by Swift, 1804-1865; undated correspondence; "Sketch of plan for the conducting of a military academy", Jan. 1808; notes on St. Germain and Fontainebleau military schools; maps from War of 1812; Sodus canal papers; papers regarding presidential visit, 1817; military correspondence; cadet appointment, 1800; newspaper clippings; degrees; honorary titles; personal correspondence; family correspondence; family wills; papers concerning personal finances; tax returns; photos of the family home.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes : ill. + photos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8798817 View

Partridge, Alden, 1785-1854. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1808-1853.

Army Officer, acting Superintendent, USMA, 1815-1817, educator, founder of military academies. Orders and papers concerning the daily management of the U.S. Military Academy; correspondence with fellow officers, professors, Secretary of War, cadets and parents of cadets concerning cadet discipline, resignations, furlough pay, daily schedule followed by cadets; papers and correspondence by Douglass, Ellicott, Mansfield and Swift relating to Partridge's administration of the U.S. Military Academy; complaints against Partridge signed by USMA professors; expressions of loyalty from cadets during the courts of inquiry resulting from faculty complaints; correspondence regarding shift of command from Partridge to Thayer; letters from Benjamin O. Tyler warning Partridge of his staff's disloyalty; papers, receipts and correspondence relating to Norwich University.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8192380 View

Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, bulk (1820s-1850s).

Title: Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, bulk (1820s-1850s).

Collection consists entirely of correspondence of Swift and members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Originals: .3 linear foot (1 box).Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517757 View

Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

Title: Nicholas Fish papers 1775-1844 Fish, Nicholas papers

The Nicholas Fish papers (96 items) consist of letters and documents that span Fish's career as a Revolutionary War officer and New York City politician. The collection is made up of 87 letters and 9 documents and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 96 items

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Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851. Papers, 1802-1848.

Title: Papers, 1802-1848.

Correspondence relating to national and state politics, nullification, and internal improvements, especially canals and railroads in the Boston area and in Pennsylvania. Correspondents include Henry Dearborn, Joseph Gardner Swift, and Gerard Ralston.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19405827 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Drew, Seth, 1747-1824. Seth Drew papers, 1808-1812.

Title: Seth Drew papers, 1808-1812.

This collection holds the official correspondence of Seth Drew, a Massachusetts native who was the superintendent of fortifications for the Army Corps of Engineers between 1808 and 1812. He managed the construction and fortification of the harbor in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in anticipation of war with Great Britain.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

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Swift, Alexander Joseph, 1810-1847. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1828-1846.

Officer, U.S. Army. Letters to his parents, 1828-1830, telling of his cadet experiences; letters to his father, 1834-1839, discussing engineering duties, family matters and his financial situation; letters to his father, 1840, telling of his European travels; letters to his father, 1842-1846, discussing his tour of duty; letter from cousin Mary and brother Thomas; poetry; letters from his sister Maria, 1830-1832.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 6 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8327609 View

Dumas, Hipolite, d. 1841. Hipolite Dumas papers, 1813-1828 (inclusive).

Title: Hipolite Dumas papers, 1813-1828 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence and orders relating to Hipolite Dumas's service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dumas was an officer and served in New Orleans, Mobile, Virginia, and Delaware.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702170405 View

Jarvis, Benjamin, fl. 1825. Letters.

Title: Letters.

Holograph drafts of 2 letters to General J.G. Swift, 21 Oct 1825, 26 Oct 1825, discussing a monument to be erected in honor of the Greek War for Independence, his son's participation in that war and the necessity of supporting the Greek war effort.

ArchivalResource: 7 p. ; 27 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9669185 View

Fraser, William Davidson, d. 1856. William Davidson Fraser letter books and Mexican War diary, 1837-1847.

Title: William Davidson Fraser letter books and Mexican War diary, 1837-1847.

Two letter books containing copies of letters written by Fraser, using the name William Smith, Jun, 1837-Jan, 1838, and Jul, 1838-Mar, 1839, copied in manuscript in an unidentified hand; and a holograph diary, kept by Fraser during the Mexican War, Jan-Sep, 1847. Letters, dated at Rochester, New York, most to General Charles Gratiot or General J. G. Swift, concern Lake Ontario harbors at Oak Orchard Creek, Genesee River, Oswego River, and Sodus Bay. The letters discuss funding and planning of works at these harbors, and they report progress of construction. Diary entries concern Fraser's work on fortifications in Monterrey, including discussion of construction, employment of Mexicans and United States soldiers as laborers, the occupation of Monterrey, and operations of the United States Army in Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. (in 1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702161193 View

Christopher Van Deventer papers 1799-1925 Van Deventer, Christopher, papers

Title: Christopher Van Deventer papers 1799-1925 Van Deventer, Christopher, papers

The Christopher Van Deventer papers contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents concerning the War of 1812, the politics of the 1810s and 1820s, and the political career of John C. Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

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Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Letter, 1844 Oct. 16, Geneva, N.Y., to W.C. Little & Co., Albany, N.Y.

Title: Letter, 1844 Oct. 16, Geneva, N.Y., to W.C. Little & Co., Albany, N.Y.

Requests shipment of some books.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9170585 View

Thomas Jefferson collection 1780-1881 Jefferson, Thomas, collection

Title: Thomas Jefferson collection 1780-1881 Jefferson, Thomas, collection

The Thomas Jefferson collection contains 54 miscellaneous letters written by or to Jefferson, 1780-1826, and an 1881 letter from Jefferson's granddaughter, Septimia Meikelham, concerning him.

ArchivalResource: 54 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-230jef?rgn=main;view=text View

American Philosophical Society Archives, 1743-1984

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives 1743-1984

Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society was the first learned society in the United States. For over 250 years, the Society has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Society fulfilled the role of a national academy of science, national library and museum, and even patent office. Early members of the Society included Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Benjamin Rush, Stephen Peter Du Ponceau, George Washington, and many other figures prominent in American history. The Archives of the American Philosophical Society consists of 192.25 linear feet of material, organized into thirteen record groups dating back to 1743. The Society's archives extensively documents not only the organization's historical development but also its role in American history and the history of science and technology.

ArchivalResource: 192.25 Linear feet

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc, 1826-1836

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIc 1826-1836

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Joseph Gardner Swift letters

Title: Joseph Gardner Swift letters

Correspondence, including c. 60 letters to his brother-in-law, George W. Whistler, father of the painter James McNeill Whistler.

ArchivalResource:

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Craig, I. E. Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied from a survey made by Lieut Renwick of the 82nd Regt., New York Militia ; by I.E. Craig Lt. Artillery.

Title: Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied from a survey made by Lieut Renwick of the 82nd Regt., New York Militia ; by I.E. Craig Lt. Artillery. [Betweem 1814 and 1852]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 40 x 55 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54761693 View

Swift, W. H. (William Henry), 1800-1879. Correspondence.

Title: Correspondence. 1820-1857.

Army officer and military engineer. Letters written to his brother General Joseph G. Swift. Letters include news of Swift's friend, George W. Whistler, engineer and father of the artist, James Whistler.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8087238 View

Joseph G. Swift correspondence, 1809-1862, 1820s-1850s

Title: Joseph G. Swift correspondence 1809-1862 1820s-1850s

Joseph Gardner Swift (1783-1865) was a civil engineer and officer in the U.S. Army. He was one of two students of the first graduating class in 1802 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. By the age of twenty-eight he was a colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army. His projects included the completion of Fort Clinton (New York City) and during the War of 1812 the fortifications of western Long Island harbors and New York City. He resigned his commission in 1818 and served as Surveyor of the Port of New York until 1826, then as chief engineer for several railroads, and in 1829 he directed harbor improvements on the Great Lakes. Swift also was involved in a variety of business activities and was a friend and mentor to younger engineers including George Washington Whistler and William Gibbs McNeill (both of them were his brothers-in-law). Collection consists entirely of correspondence of Swift and members of his family. Most of the letters, 1825-1857, were written to Swift from his brother, William Henry Swift, and from his brother-in-law, George Washington Whistler. Whistler's letters include several written from Russia while he was working on construction of the Moscow/St. Petersburg railroad. Also, correspondence of Swift and Whistler, 1809-1862, with various correspondents, and letters exchanged among members of the Swift, Whistler and McNeill families.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box); 1 microfilm reel

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2935 View

Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. J. G. Swift letters : Geneva, to Benson J. Lossing, Poughkeepsie, 1860 Feb. 6 and 10.

Title: J. G. Swift letters : Geneva, to Benson J. Lossing, Poughkeepsie, 1860 Feb. 6 and 10.

Two letters to Lossing describing the coastal defenses of the United States during the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173809585 View

Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865. Memoir from the diaries of J.G. Swift.

Title: Memoir from the diaries of J.G. Swift. 1807-1865.

Chief, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, first graduate. U.S. Military Academy, Superintendent, 1812-1814. Memoir includes a brief family history, details of service as an engineering cadet, memories of cadet days at the Military Academy from 1 October 1801 - 12 October 1802, describing the curriculum, Kosciusko's garden and professor George Barron. Later entries talk of the fire in the USMA Colonel's quarters, the contracts (6 Jan 1817) with John Forsyth of Newburgh for the construction of several brick quarters at West Point, orders, 13 Jan 1817, sent from Swift to Capt. Partridge telling the latter to resume function as Superintendent of USMA. Swift discusses the marriage of his sister to G.W. Whistler, and the bond of friendship between himself and Whistler, ties with J.L. Smith, Thomas Sully, William G. McNeill, Sylvanus Thayer, and G.W. Cullum as well as family matters. Duties as a civil engineer and travels are noted in Swift's memoirs.

ArchivalResource: 2 v., bound ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9403869 View

Wagstaff, David, 1910-. [Military manuscript collection].

Title: [Military manuscript collection]. 1781-1945.

Colonel, U.S. Army, collector. Miscellaneous collection of manuscripts and photographs relating to the United States armed forces and military figures. Included are documents and letters by: J.Q. Adams, Sebastian Bauman, P.G.T. Beauregard, D.C. Buell, Albert E. Church, W.F. Cody, G.W. Cullum, G.A. Custer, R.E. DeRussy, J.C. Fremont, Benjamin Harrison, S.P. Heintzelman, A.S. Johnston, Phillip Kearney, J.S. Mosby, P.H. Sheridan, W.T. Sherman, J.G. Swift, Sylvanus Thayer, G.H. Thomas, A. Wagstaff, David Wagstaff; two letters from R.E. Lee to Wm. H. Fitzhugh Lee; letter from R.E. Lee to General Totten describing incident in cadet mess hall; letter denying cadet request for furlough; printed memorabilia and photographs are also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 1 box : ill. + photos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8819317 View

Van Deventer, Christopher, d. 1838. Christopher Van Deventer papers, 1799-1925.

Title: Christopher Van Deventer papers, 1799-1925.

The Christopher Van Deventer papers contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents concerning the War of 1812, the politics of the 1810s and 1820s, and the political career of John C. Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740231722 View

War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

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