Letter, 1868 April 27, North Easton, Mass. [to] Major E.C. Boynton.

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Letter, 1868 April 27, North Easton, Mass. [to] Major E.C. Boynton.

Letter discusses plans to erect a memorial to his father John Lillie, in the West Point cemetery. Daniel Lillie tells a little of his father's civil history, mentioning that it might be of use to G.W. Cullum in compiling the "Register of Graduates". D. Lillie includes an entry from his father's journal dated 3 Oct. 1831 in which J. Lillie describes his meeting with Totten and lists the whereabouts of their classmates.

2 p. ; 32 x 20 cm.

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Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of Joseph Gilbert Totten correspondence, 1841 February 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980636 ...

Lillie, John, 1792-1856.

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Boynton, Edward C. (Edward Carlisle), 1824-1893

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Lillie, Daniel, fl. 1868.

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Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892

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Cullum was born in New York City on 25 February 1809, to Arthur and Harriet Sturges Cullum. He was raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. His father worked as a lawyer and an agent of a land company. Cullum attended the United States Military Academy, from 1 July 1829 to 1 July 1833, when he graduated third in the Class of 1833. He designed the Independent Congregational Church at Meadville and it was built in 1835–1836. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cullum ...

United States Military Academy. Class of 1962

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