Letter, 1832 Dec. 9th [to] Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary at [sic] War.

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Letter, 1832 Dec. 9th [to] Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary at [sic] War.

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Letter to Lewis Cass claiming that Captain Hitchcock's charge that Smith was absent from the barracks after taps is unfounded. Smith is concerned about the precedent that will be set if an officer is able to accuse and punish a cadet without evidence. F.A. Smith sent a copy of this letter to Sylvanus Thayer with a note explaining his reasons for appealing to the Secretary of War.

3 p. ; 25 x 21 cm.

United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872

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Sylvanus Thayer was a United States (U.S.) Army officer who was appointed the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy from July 27,1817-July 1, 1833. After that he was assigned engineer duties in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of The Sylvanus Thayer papers, 1808-1862. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47646716 Sylvanus Thayer was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1808, served as superintendent of the U.S. Militar...

Hitchcock, Ethan Allan, 1798-1870.

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Smith, Frederick Augustus, 1812-1852.

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