Draft and copy of a letter, State College, Centre County, Pa., to Hon. William W. Belknap, Secretary of War, and reply, 1874 September 26 and November 6.

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Draft and copy of a letter, State College, Centre County, Pa., to Hon. William W. Belknap, Secretary of War, and reply, 1874 September 26 and November 6.

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Pennsylvania State College president James Calder writes to U.S. Secretary of War William W. Belknap requesting that one of the two military instructors authorized for Pennsylvania be assigned to Penn State instead of to Col. Hyatt's Pennsylvania Military Academy in Chester. Belknap responds that the War Dept. is satisfied that Hyatt's institution is entitled to a military instructor.

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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...

Pennsylvania Military Academy (Chester, Pa.)

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Calder, James, 1826-1892

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