Autograph letter signed : Circleville, Ohio, to W.W. Belknap, [18]71 Oct. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Circleville, Ohio, to W.W. Belknap, [18]71 Oct. 2.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270586463

Concerning the appointment of his son to the Naval Academy.

1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Walling, A. T., fl. 1871.

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Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890

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William Worth Belknap was born in Newburgh, New York on September 22, 1829, the son of career soldier William G. Belknap and Anne (Clark) Belknap. Belknap's father had fought with distinction in the War of 1812, Florida War, and Mexican–American War. Belknap attended the local schools in Newburgh, and graduated from Princeton University in 1848. In addition to attending Princeton with Hiester Clymer, the Democratic Congressman who later led the investigation into Belknap's War Department corrupt...