Papers, 1805-1821. [microform]

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Papers, 1805-1821. [microform]

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The papers of Walter Sheldon fill eighteen boxes and deal exclusively with the War of 1812. Aside from one box of correspondence, the papers consist of discharge certificates, accounts, receipts, and muster rolls from 1812-1815.

American Periodical Series I

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Sheldon, Walter, 1788-1816

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Walter Sheldon was born September 16, 1788, in Salisbury, CT, the son of Moses Sheldon Jr. Sheldon's correspondence reveals that he was at Middlebury, VT around 1807 studying law. On March 3, 1812 he was admitted as an attorney to the Addison County Court in Middlebury. Earlier, in January of 1812, Sheldon vounteered for duty in the U.S. Army and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant to the 11the Infantry in March. A year later on March 13, 1813 he was appointed 1st Lieutenant. On August 13 he was appoin...

Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886

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Henry Stevens was born on August, 24, 1819, in Barnet, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College for a year, but graduated from Yale College in 1843 with the degree of B.A. Upon graduating, he attended Harvard Law School for a year. In 1840, he worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. for the the treasury department of the United States Senate. He also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and was an early advocate for the use of photography as a means of supplementing bi...