Helen Hunt Jackson Papers. Part 3, 1838-1860.
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Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
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Helen Hunt Jackson (pen name, H.H.; born Helen Maria Fiske; October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. She described the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona (1884) dramatized the federal government's mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and attracted co...
Hunt, E. B. (Edward Bissell), 1822-1863
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Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Inventor of an early submarine, he was the first U.S. military submarine fatality. The first husband of famous authoress, Helen Hunt Jackson, he is buried next to their two children....
United States Military Academy
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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...
