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Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting Statements Shewing the Amount of Expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point..
by Calhoun, John C.
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- 1821
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SGD 198.69
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Washington DC, 1821. Good + overall. 8vo, disbound, 9pp, 1 fold out "Statement A" summarizing which states cadets come from, and 6 fold out tables delineating expenditures in detail for the year 1820.
Shaw 7359, OCLC: 24373653 at 3 libraries. Item Price
SGD 198.69
West Point hop invitation and test from F.P. Avery, USMA Class of 1878
by [West Point; Tiffany & Co.] Avery, Frank P.
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- 1878
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New: Tiffany & Co., 1878. Illustrated hop invitation showing an eagle and cadet holding a large flowing sheet with text and a list of graduates, and an image of West Point with sail boats in foreground.
Calling card of F.P. Avery, and a printed test "Time by Equal Altitudes of Sun's Limb" with Avery's manuscript answers, dated March… Read more about this item Item Price
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West Point, NY, Campus views and Graduates. Vernacular photo album with 32 silvertone images
by [West Point; General Frederick Dent Grant]
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- 1901
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 616.64
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New York, 1901. Paper covered photo album. Otherwise very good condition. A small photo album with 32 b&w silvertone photographs including many of Major General Frederick Dent Grant, 1st son of General & President Ulysses S. Grant & Julia Grant. The album documents a trip to West Point, Broadalbin, NY, Oppenheim, NY, Johnstown, NY, Sacandaga Park, Governor's Island,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Small Vernacular photo album of the Samuel Browne family in Montgomery, New York
by Browne, Samuel. [Photographs; Montgomery, NY; Orange County, NY]
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- 1915
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Garrison, New York, USA
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Hudson Valley, NY, 1915. Hardcover. Very good condition. Samuel W. Browne was a cod liver oil magnate, a partner in the company Scott and Browne. This is a family photo album of the Browne family, with images of the family farm in Montgomery, Orange County including family, interior and exterior views, boys on bicycles, three shots of their… Read more about this item Item Price
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Garrisons. ["The Golden Eagle" with its occupants on the verandah]
by [Stereoview; Garrison NY; West Point]
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- 1860
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Garrison, New York, USA
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New York: American Scenery, 1860. Photograph. Overall in very good condition. A stereoview image of the hotel (now the Golden Eagle) on Garrison's Landing with "Washburn and Leroy grocery store" sign protruding from the building, the ferry building beyond and many people on both levels of the porch of the building. Merchandise is on the front porch and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Guide to West Point, and the US Military Academy with Maps & Engravings
by West Point
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- Used - Internally very good, binding holding.
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- First printing
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- 1867
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 650.89
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New York: Van Nostrand, 1867. First printing. Hardcover. Internally very good, binding holding.. Handsome little production, with very interesting maps. The map "1866 West Point and It's Vicinity" is a gem, including details on both sides of the river, including Garrison & Cold Spring, marking the Foundry and the Highland Hotel, which sat on the site of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Defence Before a General Court-Martial, held at West-Point, in the State of New-York, in the month of May, Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen
by Ragland, Cadet Thomas
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- 1819
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Newburgh, NY: Uriah C. Lewis, 1819. The published response by Cadet Thomas Ragland to his court martial and dismissal from West-Point in front of a Court of Inquiry, plus a Memorial to Congress. Ragland was accused of a mutiny or revolt against Sylvanus Thayer [1785 - 1872], the new Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy.
Ragland and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Garrison Ferry, West Point
by England, William, photographer. [Stereoview; Garrison NY]
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- Early printing
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- 1860
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Garrison, New York, USA
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London: England Sterioviews, 1860. Early printing. Photograph. Very good condition. A scarce and important early photographer who came to the United States in 1859, "the first American views to be published abroad commercially, using a revolutionary shutter which improved the images depth of focus."* This arched albumen prints show the "Dock house" with ferry and West Point in… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Memoriam Thomas Beverley Randolph. Broadside
by [West Point]
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- 1867
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 130.18
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1867. A broadside to memorialize Thomas Beverley Randolph, born in Cumberland County, Virginia. May 31 1792. He graduated West Point at age 20 and served as an officer in the Regular Army of the U.S. in the war of 1812 and in the war with Mexico.
When offered a general's commission by Pres. Jefferson Davis he declined… Read more about this item Item Price
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West Point Hop. Farewell Hop June 13th 1877
by [West Point]
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- 1877
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Garrison, New York, USA
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Philadelphia: Dreka, 1877. Very good condition. An early invitation to a West Point graduation hop, with engraving of Minerva and Mars standing on a wall flanking the invitation text, with a lyre, helmet, weapons and a shield inscribed with 'et minerva et marte'.
Banner text reads- "The pleasure of your Company is requested at the Farewell Hop… Read more about this item Item Price
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Plaine de West Point au moment de l'exercice
by Milbert, Jacques [West Point]
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- 1830
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 1,027.73
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Paris & London: Ardit & Coindet, 1830. A handsome color lithograph of West Point with soldiers at drill, looking north over the plain, from Jacques Milbert's superlative collection of views entitled "Itineraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des Parties Laterales de l'Amerique du Nord...". Milbert, who trained as an engineer, came to the United States in 1815 and stayed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ice Blockade. Garrisons [Garrison NY; West Point; Hudson River; Winter]
by [Stereoview; Garrison NY; West Point; Hudson River] E. & H.T. Anthony
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- 1860
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Garrison, New York, USA
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New York: E. & H.T. Anthony Co., 1860. Photograph. Good overall. A stereoview image of the ice flow in Garrison, New York, with two men standing on uneven ice and the West Point Ferry docked in the center. This image shows the Landing well before the park area was filled in, with the ice flows butting up against… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of West Point, and its Military Importance during the American Revolution and the Origin and Progress of the United States Military Academy
by Boynton, BVT. Major Edward C.
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- Second edition
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- 1871
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Garrison, New York, USA
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New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1871. Second edition. Hardcover. In fine condition. Very scarce map of Garrison as the frontispiece "1866 West Point and Its Vicinity", with colored town borders.
After his service in the Mexican War, Boynton taught at West Point. "His long residence at West Point, with its revolutionary associations, turned his interest to historical… Read more about this item Item Price
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Visitors book / autograph album of the wife of the US Military Attaché in Tokyo, Lieut.-Col. Oliver E. Wood during the Russo/ Japanese war with 117 autographs (with) Chit Book
by Wood, Lieut.-Col Oliver Ellsworth & wife Minnie
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- 1904
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Garrison, New York, USA
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1904. The Wood family guest book & "Chit Book". These were records maintained by Minnie Wood, wife of the U.S. military attaché in Tokyo during the Russo / Japanese war. The "Chit Book" which records the date and description of items received at the residence, either signed or stamped by the deliverer. The pair of items read like a… Read more about this item Item Price
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USMA Class Letter for the Class of 1905
by Ramsey, Norman F. (President)
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- 1909
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SGD 116.48
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1909. Paperback. Otherwise very good condition. The first installment of a newsletter updating the West Point Class of 1905 as to employment, marriage, births and deaths of the class members.
News includes: 49 weddings, 22 births, 4 deaths, plans for a reunion, Class financials, details in a section called "Personals" using nicknames ("Alphabet " Williams) and amusing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hudson from West Point. Grounds of the U.S. Military Academy
by Currier & Ives. Palmer, F.F.
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- 1862
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 3,083.18
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New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street, 1862. Print. A patriotic image produced in the midst of the Civil War. The artist was Fannie Palmer, the renowned female artist at Currier & Ives, whose work is much sought after.
To this day, this remains a splendid vista from West Point, looking from Trophy Point up the… Read more about this item Item Price
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West Point Ferry at Garrison's Landing
by [Garrison, NY] Barnum photographer
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- 1865
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Garrison, New York, USA
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New York, 1865. Very good condition. An image of the West Point Ferry docked at Garrison's Landing across the river from West Point, with a large load of stacked lumber in the foreground. Square edged corners mounted on cream card, approx. 7 x 3.5", slt. faded image. Item Price
SGD 89.07
Non-Commissioned Officers, Staff Corps, etc [Full Dress]. Chromolithograph
by [US Military] Ogden, H.A.; General Samuel B. Holabird
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- 1885
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.77
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New York: B. M. Whitlock, 1885. Very good overall. Color print depicting US military uniforms worn by non commissioned officers seen in conversation on the steps of a building on the post. These include: Sergeant of Signal Corps; Musician of Artillery; Ordnance Sergeant; Post Commissary Sergeant; Post Quartermaster Sergeant; and Hospital Steward. Signed in the print at lower… Read more about this item Item Price
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Staff and Line Officers [Full Dress] Chaplain & c. Chromolithograph
by [US Military] Ogden, H.A.; General Samuel B. Holabird
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- 1885
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New York: B. M. Whitlock, 1885. Very good overall. Color print depicting US military uniforms worn by officers seen in conversation, some seated on a bench, in a parade ground setting. These include: Officer Signal Corps; Officer General Staff Corps; Chaplain; Officer Inspector General's Dept.; Field Officer, Infantry; Company Officer, Infantry; and Company Officer Infantry. Signed in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Signed photograph of West Point: embankment looking northeast
by Brady, Mathew B; West Point; Photography
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- 1865
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 513.86
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New York, 1865. Very good condition. Albumen photograph by Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823 - 1896), an important early American photographer best known for his images of the Civil war, and his iconic portraits of Abraham Lincoln.
The image shows the Embankment at the right, with rows of artillery neatly arranged, and a dirt path leading up… Read more about this item Item Price
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