Hipolite Dumas certificate of appointment, 1815 Jan. 3.

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Hipolite Dumas certificate of appointment, 1815 Jan. 3.

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Summary: A certificate of appointment issued to Hipolite Dumas, commissioning Dumas as a 1st. Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, signed by President James Madison and Secretary of War James Monroe, January 3, 1815. The vellum certificate, with printed and handwritten notes has an accompanying wax seal.

1 leaf : vellum ; 26 x 40 cm.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Museum of New Mexico Library

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

Dumas, Hipolite, -1841

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Hipolite Dumas, French by birth, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers on 3 August 1813. He rose to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in 1814 and Captain on 31 March 1819. Captain Dumas resigned his commission on 1 January 1825 and died on 7 February 1844. From the guide to the Hipolite Dumas Certificate of Appointment, 1815, (Museum of New Mexico. Fray Angélico Chávez History Library.) ...