Edgerton family papers. 1858-1974.

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Edgerton family papers. 1858-1974.

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Professor of math, USMA, 1882-1887, 1889-1904. Photocopy of Sidney Edgerton's militia commission, 1858; photocopy of Sidney Edgerton's certificate of election to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Ohio, 1861; correspondence between Wright P. Edgerton and Peter S. Michie, 1888, regarding appointment as professor at Sheffield Scientific School; condolence notes received by Fannie Edgerton, 1904; letter, 6 April 1914, Culebra from George Goethals to Fannie Edgerton acknowledging her congratulations on his work in the Panama Canal; memorabilia of Edgerton Grant; reminiscences of life at West Point by Gladys Edgerton Grant along with explanatory letters, 1974. The reminiscences include information about Wirt Robinson, his daughter, Rose, the Fiebeger family, the Larneds and the West Point School. Wright Prescott Edgerton's medals as well as additional material are included in the collection.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Edgerton, Sidney, 1818-1900

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Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900) was an abolitionist and a Republican who served as a U.S. Congressional Representative for the Akron area from 1859 to 1863. He later was chief justice for Idaho (1863-1864) and the first territorial governor in Montana (1865-1866). He then returned to Akron at age forty-seven where he stayed, practicing law for the remainder of his life. Along with his political duties, Edgerton also was husband and father. His wife, Mary Wright Edgerton (1827-1883), came from Tallma...

Edgerton, Wright Prescott, 1852-1904.

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Edgerton, Fannie I.

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Goethals, George W. (George Washington), 1858-1928

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Born in 1858 in Brooklyn, New York, Goethals graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1880. Goethals was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1907 when he was appointed chief engineer for the construction of the Panama Canal.. Under his management construction was completed in 1914, about one year early. From the guide to the George Washington Goethals Letter MSS. 0575., 1918 March 27, (University Libraries Division of Special Collecti...

Robinson, Wirt, 1864-

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Grant, Gladys Edgerton, 1890-

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Michie, Peter Smith, 1839-1901

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Army Officer; Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy; Librarian, U. S. Military Academy, 1836-1871. From the description of Papers, 1865-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79165590 ...

Grant, Edgerton, 1931-1969.

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