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In dress uniform, seated and wearing hat, 3/4 length portrait

Ink inscription on recto "GO." Imprint on recto "Lieut Gen Winfield Scott. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Chas. D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern...

GLC05111.02.0697

In dress uniform, seated 1/2 length portrait

Imprint on recto "Lieut Gen Winfield Scott. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by Chas. D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Graphite...

GLC05111.02.0694

As lieutenant general, seated full length portrait with hand on table

General scott is seated in uniform, resting his right forearm on a small table, and holding his sword by its sheath in his left hand. Imprint on recto "Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Chas. D...

GLC05111.02.1441

[Appointment of David Vinton to West Point]

Document signed by Calhoun as Secretary of War in the Monroe Administration. Official document appoints David Hammond Vinton of Providence, Rhode Island, as a cadet at West Point. Asks him to notify the Department of War of his acceptance or non...

GLC03496

to McKinstry Griffith

Writing as a cadet at West Point, Grant offers self-consciously romantic comments to his cousin about the Hudson Highlands. He also complains about "a few of the drawbacks," such as insufficient blankets and money, difficult lessons, the lack of...

GLC03632