Correspondence. 1820-1857.

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Correspondence. 1820-1857.

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Army officer and military engineer. Letters written to his brother General Joseph G. Swift. Letters include news of Swift's friend, George W. Whistler, engineer and father of the artist, James Whistler.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Swift, W. H. (William Henry), 1800-1879

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Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865

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Joseph Gardner Swift (1783-1865) was a civil engineer and officer in the U.S. Army. He was one of two students of the first graduating class in 1802 of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. By the age of twenty-eight he was a colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army. His projects included the completion of Fort Clinton (New York City) and during the War of 1812 the fortifications of western Long Island harbors and New York City. He resigned his commission in 1818 and served as Surveyor of the P...

Whistler, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1849

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Engineer and army officer. Father of artist James McNeill Whistler. From the description of George W. Whistler correspondence, 1842 September 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981348 ...