Records, 1795-1988, 1795-1920 (bulk)

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Records, 1795-1988, 1795-1920 (bulk)

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Records of the West Point Foundry and papers of Gouverneur Kemble and the Kemble family, including correspondence, accounts, drawings, deeds, promissory notes, agreements, estate papers, and other miscellaneous items. Business correspondence concerns jobs, products, iron supply, orders, patents, ordnance matters, and use of Irish workers; other correspondence concerns estate matters, politics, and family affairs and includes a series of letters to Gouverneur Kemble from Phillip Arthur Reilly, 1835-1840, relating to Whigs, abolition, his position as Navy Chaplain, and Irish Catholics. Other items include letters, statements, and accounts of Robert B. Parrott concerning ordnance and the production of his Parrott guns during the Civil War, 1860s; a three-volume historic landscape report on the West Point Foundry site by Ralph Brill Associates, 1979, which includes photographs, maps, drawings, and prints; and miscellaneous research correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to the history of the Foundry.

ca. 5 cubic ft.

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Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875

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Politician and businessman Gouverneur Kemble was born in New York City and educated at Columbia. He became a businessman, founding America's first quality cannon factory, and was appointed consul of Cadiz by President Monroe, spending much time in the Mediterranean. He served two terms in Congress as a Democrat, declining the nomination for a third term. He remained active in national party politics, and continued to have interest in businesses, including railroads. He was a friend of Washington...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Whig Party (N.Y.)

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West Point Foundry (Cold Spring, N.Y.)

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The West Point Foundry was established by Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), who was also active in politics, serving a term in Congress, 1837-1841. Parrott guns used during the Civil War were cast at the foundry. From the description of Records, 1795-1988, 1795-1920 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155526496 ...

Reilly, Phillip Arthur.

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Ralph Brill Associates.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Parrott, R. P. 1804-1877.

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