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Delafield, Richard, 1798-1873

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Richard Delafield was born in New York City on September 1, 1798. He was one of the 14 children of John and Anne (née Hallett) Delafield. His father had emigrated to New York from England in 1788 and made a fortune as a merchant. Edward Delafield, a prominent American physician, Joseph Delafield, a lawyer and diplomant, and Rufus King Delafield, a banker and manufacturer, were among his brothers. He was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy to receive a merit class standing...

Abert, John James, 1788-1863

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John James Abert (1788-1863) was a topographical engineer for the United States Army. He supervised many early national engineering projects, including the planning for a wagon road from Genoa, Utah to Carson Valley, Nevada. From the description of John James Abert letter, 1861 February 7. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 159957417 ...

Abbot, Henry Larcom, 1831-1927

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Henry Larcom Abbot (born August 13, 1831, Beverly, Massachusetts - died October 1, 1927, Cambridge, Massachusetts), army officer and engineer, was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He was the older brother of Francis Ellingwood Abbot, an influential religious radical. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1854, Abbot was commissioned in the engineers and assigned to duty with the Pacific Coast Railway. For several years from 1857, he was associated with Captain Andrew A. Humphreys in a study of f...

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of Signature of Quincy Adams Gillmore, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450480 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1874 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hilton Head, S.C., to Gen. J.H. Wilson, 1865 May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570477 From the ...

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...

Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882

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Warren was born in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, and named for Gouverneur Kemble, a prominent local Congressman, diplomat, industrialist, and owner of the West Point Foundry. His sister, Emily Warren Roebling, would later play a significant role in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. He entered the United States Military Academy across the Hudson River from his hometown at age 16 and graduated second in his class of 44 cadets in 1850. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in th...

Turnbull, William

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Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910

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Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry

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Cram, Thomas Jefferson, 1807?-1883

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Topographical engineer. From the description of Thomas Jefferson Cram papers, 1840-1870. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427868469 American Army Officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to Gen. Mansfield, [1862] May 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530752 ...

Thompson, Mr.

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Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863

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Union general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ft. Corcoran, to Major Hunt, 1862 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587485 ...

Graham, Mr.

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Douglas, J. H. (Dr.)

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Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905

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John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905) was a senator from Oregon. From the description of John H. Mitchell telegram to James Lotan [manuscript], 1890 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708374022 From the description of John H. Mitchell letter to Thomas Guinean [manuscript], 1891 May 8. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 708362955 From the description of John H. Mitchell correspondence and speeches [manus...

Weeden, John H.

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Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874

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Morris was Captain, later Colonel, in 7th New York Heavy Artillery. He was killed at Cold Harbor, 4 June 1864. From the description of Letter, 1862 July 17, New Bern, N.C., to Lewis O. Morris, New Bern, N.C. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 6002406 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to an unidentified general, 1872 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270473897 Army officer. ...

Martin, J. Edward

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Bradley

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Mallet, John William

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University of Virginia Professor of Chemistry. From the description of Autobiographical sketch of John William Mallet [manuscript] 1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647954954 ...

Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893

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Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, U. S. Military Academy, 1836-1871. From the description of Photographs, 1836-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82481595 From the description of Report, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78343000 From the description of Papers, 1840-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81511334 American mathematician. From the guide to the William Holms Chambers Bartlett letter, 1860, (The New York Public Li...

Vinton

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Twining, W. J

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Halleck, Lt.

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Casey, T. L. (Thomas Lincoln), 1831-1896

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Hopkins, William Rogers, 1805-1876

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Johnson, Keith

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Hartley, Charles, Sir

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Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864

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David Ives Bushnell was born 28 April 1875 in St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in St. Louis schools and in Europe. He worked as an assistant archaeologist at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1901-1904. Bushnell contributed to the Handbook of American Indians and wrote numerous books on Native American Indians, including Native villages and village sites east of the Mississippi, (1919), Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan tribes west of the Mississippi (1922), The Manahoac tr...

Helme, W. H.

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Van Buren, Martin, 1921-

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Epithet: President of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x00038c ...

Raynolds, W. F.

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Cluss, Adolph, 1825-1905

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Architect, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Receipt book, 1866-1867. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949553 German architect and engineer; took part in the 1848 revolution; emigrated to the USA shortly afterwards. From the description of Archives 1850-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81167005 ...

Wheeler, George Montague, 1842-1905

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Wheeler was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the son of John Wheeler and Miriam P. Daniels. He graduated from West Point in 1866, ranked sixth in his class, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He first served in California from 1866 to 1871. In 1869 General Edward O. C. Ord sent him on a reconnaissance through the eastern Nevada. In 1872, the US Congress authorized an ambitious plan to map the portion of the United States west of the 100th meridian at a sc...

Simpson, J. M.

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Ibonez, Don Carlo

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Johnson, Walter R. (Walter Rogers), 1794-1852

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Geologist. From the description of Papers of Walter R. Johnson, 1815-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423698 ...

Blunt, George William

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De Russy, R. E.

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Macomb, John N.

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King, Clarence

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Minturn

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Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872

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American engineer; son of Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1769-1798 From the guide to the Hartman Bache letters and receipts, 1836, 1847, 1848, 1856, 1857, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

Engleman, E.

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Newton, John

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Capitol Building

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Andrews, Lorin

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Mifflin, Mr.

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Howell, C. U.

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SULLIVAN, ROGER

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Strong, Commodore

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Chandler, Joseph K.

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Sainsbury, S.

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Arendts, D. C.

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Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872

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Political scientist and author; born in Berlin, settled in U.S. 1827. From the description of ALsS : to George Mifflin Dallas, 1846. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365122 Political scientist and educator. From the description of Letter, 1865 July 28, New York, to Dr. C[harles?] D[aniel?] Drake, St. Louis, Missouri [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806353 Francis Lieber: German American political phil...

Nickerson, Louis

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Sickles, Daniel E.

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Nicollet, Joseph Nicholas

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Price, Philip M.

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Elliot, George H. (George Henry), 1831-1900

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Girard College

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Hammond, Jabez D.

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Beck, T. Romeyn

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Kloos, J. H.

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Bolles, J. T.

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Simpson, James Hervey

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Leconte, John Eaton

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Bastian, A.

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Craighill, William P.

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Smith, H. L.

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Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of Joseph Gilbert Totten correspondence, 1841 February 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980636 ...

Caldwell, M.

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Flugel, Felix

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Woodbury, Daniel P. (Daniel Phineas), 1812-1864

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Wheeler, J. B.

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Henry, Mary Anna (Henry's Daughter)

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Blunt, C. E.

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Turtle, Lt.

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Comstock, General

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Borup, Julius

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Coaklay, George W.

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Barbour, James, 1775-1842

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Merchant from Virginia, grandfather of James Barbour, 1775-1842 From the guide to the James Barbour letter, 1781, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) James Barbour (1775-1842) was a Virginia planter and political figure. From the description of James Barbour correspondence, 1792-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122408278 From the guide to the James Barbour correspondence, 1792-1848, (The New York Public Library. Manuscri...

Smith, Hamilton

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Marcou, Jules, 1824-1898

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Marcou was a French geologist who traveled and worked in the U.S. He wrote many articles and books on geological topics. Belknap was possibly a naturalist. From the description of Correspondence, 1837-1889. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122405065 Jules Marcou was a French geologist who traveled and worked in the U.S. He wrote many articles and books on geological topics. Belknap was possibly a naturalist. From the guide to the Jules Marcou corresponde...

Stanton, Edwin Mcmasters

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Humphreys, A. A. (General)

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Parke, John G.

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American army officer and engineer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington? to William W. Belknap, 187? Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611461 ...

Barnard, John Gross

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Bernard, E.

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Davidson, George R.

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Woodruff, J. C.

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Blodget, Lorin

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Davis, Jefferson, formerly President of the Confederate States of America

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Epithet: formerly President of the Confederate States of America British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x00023b ...

Apel, F. L.

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