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Papers. 1768-1814.

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Officer Corps of Engineers, Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1802-1803, 1805-1812. Promisary note 1768; "Statement of the examination of the Cadets of Engineers and Artillery in arithmetic, algebra and geometry, 1806"; contemporary copy of a report submitted by Williams to the president of the U.S., 11 May 1808, on the past, present and future of the Military Academy; contemporary copy of letter, 8 May 1809, discussing Corps of Engineers and Artillerists as well as the Military Academy; letter, 14 February 1810, from office of the purveyor discussing the use of a felt cap rather than a sound hat by the Corps of Cadets; extracts of official correspondence regarding the fortification of New York harbor, 1812; printed circulars signed and annotated by Williams; correspondence, 1800-1811; letter, 17 July 1803, to Major W.W. Burrows explaining Williams' reasons for resignation as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy; letter, 13 February 1801, from T.H. Cushing regarding a U.S. Military Academy muster roll; correspondence with Henry Dearborn. Correspondence from Callender Irvine; letter from Alexander Macomb, 18 December 1814, discussing the war and including two diagrams of the battle; correspondence with William Macpherson; copy of report to James Madison regarding the publication of a lecture delivered at West Point; letter, 29 March 1813, to General Ogden; letter to Alden Partridge; correspondence from Rodgers; correspondence with Samuel Vernon and Decius Wadsworth; letter to his son John Williams Jr; correspondence regarding harbor fortifications and defenses for New York.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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