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Notes on Architecture

Survey of classical architecture, with plates depicting Greek and Roman columns. Signed by Henry W. Halleck in ink on the first page. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Halleck while a cadet at West Point...

GLC05707.02

Notes on the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works

Reviews techniques and procedures for the attack and defense of military works. Two of the three plates fold out to ledger size, and all three exhibit pencil annotations. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Signed...

GLC05707.03

Notes on Mines

Contains directions on constructing mines for use in military attacks. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Signed by Halleck in ink on page 40. Owned by Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book...

GLC05707.04

General Remarks on the Motion of Machines

Manual on machines with equations and illustrations throughout. Handwritten notes throughout. Also one sheet of handwritten notes tipped in between pages 40 and 41. Signed by Halleck in pencil on pages 1 and 53. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a...

GLC05707.05

Composition of Armies

Contains sections concerning strategy, marches, battle, position, convoys, castrametation, military reconnaissance, and "Indian warfare." Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at...

GLC05707.06

Chemical Notes, on Gunpowder and its Materials

Bailey is listed on title page as Acting Professor of Chemistry. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.

GLC05707.07

Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion, Powder, Cannon and Projectiles

Includes detailed schematic diagrams and sectional views of cannons, blast furnaces, projectiles, etc. Knowlton is listed on title page as Instructor of Artillery in the US Military Academy. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military...

GLC05707.08

[Provision return for a German deserter]

Order to issue four rations over four days to a German deserter. Verso states rations were received, and is signed by the deserter, whose signature is illegible. Signed by Jackson as Commandant of West Point.

GLC02497.09

to Richard Platt

Discusses the preliminary drawings of an artillery building at West Point which will include an ordnance store and a crane projecting from the building's pediment. Knox requests another building to serve as a laboratory.

GLC02531

[Collection of William E. Jones][Decimalized .01- .28]

Confederate General William E. "Grumble" Jones, 11th regiment, Virginia, cavalry. Collection includes swords, correspondence, West Point pamphlets, military orders, and receipts. Decimalized 02711.01-02711.28.

GLC02711

Sword of William E. Jones

Non-commissioned officer's sword, model 1840. Used at West Point and owned by William E. Jones. Inscribed "Ames &Mfg. Co., Chicopee, Mass." The Ames Manufacturing Company was founded in 1835 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The company manufactured small...

GLC02711.09

Sword of William E. Jones

Non-commissioned officer's sword, similar to GLC02711.09, also said to have been used at West Point. It belonged to William E. Jones. W. H. Horstmann & Sons had retail stores in both New York and Philadelphia; most of their swords and sabers had...

GLC02711.10

Official register of the officers and cadets of the U.S. Military Academy.

Includes a letter from Secretary of War William L. Marcy, lists of academic and military staff, and cadets listed in order of merit in their respective classes. William E. Jones ranks 10 in the fourth class. Also includes roll of the cadets arranged...

GLC02711.12

to R. C. Jones

Describes the winding up of their encampment with a magnificent ball. Encourages his brother to be a conscientious college student.

GLC02711.13

Official register of the officers and cadets of the U.S. Military Academy.

As with GLC02711.12, this pamphlet includes many famous names. The Academic Staff includes Gustavus W. Smith, William S. Rosecrans, E.P. Scammon, and future general Henry S. Burton, whose signature appears on the back cover. Among the famous cadets...

GLC02711.14

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ephraim Durant]

Crane, Colonel of the Massachusetts Artillery, recommends Durant for a leave of absence due to "the distrest situation of his family." Possibly directed to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09559

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lt. Woodward]

Recommends Woodward for a fourteen day leave of absence. Possibly directed to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09560

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Elisha Hopkins]

Webb recommends Captain Hopkins for a leave of absence until February 1783. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09566

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ezra Selden]

Webb recommends Captain Selden for a leave of absence until 16 January 1783. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09567

to Henry Knox

Two letters on one page from Colonel Huntington to Major General Knox. In the first letter, Huntington requests an eighteen day leave of absence for Narcissus Graham. In the second letter, writes that Graham has asked for more time. Complies with...

GLC02437.09576

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Lemuel Clift]

Colonel Butler recommends Clift for a sixty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09587

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Moor]

Colonel Crane recommends Moor (spelled "Moore" on docket) for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox at West Point, New York.

GLC02437.09589

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Frothingham]

Colonel Crane recommends Frothingham for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09600

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Jonathan Hart]

Colonel Webb recommends Hart (spelled "Heart" in docket) for a fifteen to twenty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09601

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Abisha Marks]

Captain Patten recommends Marks for a twenty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox. A note at the bottom of the page indicates the leave was granted.

GLC02437.09602