Alden Partridge papers, 1807-1959 (bulk 1817-1842).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 650 items; 4 containers; 2 microfilm reels; 1.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Burke, Edmund, 1809-1882 -- Correspondence
- Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 -- Correspondence
- Gadsden, James, 1788-1858 -- Correspondence
- Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843 -- Correspondence
- McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839 -- Correspondence
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831 -- Correspondence
- Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865 -- Correspondence
- Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
- Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 -- Correspondence
- American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy
- United States Military Academy
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
- Military education -- United States
- Military education -- Vermont -- Norwich
- United States -- History -- War of 1812
- Army officers
- Educators
- Engineers
- Legislators -- Vermont
- Microfilm edition available, no. 14,571.
Open to research.
Principally letters (1817-1842) received by Partridge from students and their parents relating to educational matters at the United States Military Academy, American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, and other academies with which Partridge was associated from 1808 to 1850; letters and documents concerning military activities during the War of 1812, a dispute between Sylvanus Thayer and Partridge over control of the United States Military Academy (1808-1817) and other administrative matters there, and Partridge's court martial (1816-1818); a library journal; student rolls; and letters or copies of letters written by Partridge, including several to James Monroe. Correspondents include Edmund Burke, John C. Calhoun, James Gadsden, Hugh Swinton Legaré, Duncan McArthur, J. G. Swift, and Oliver Wolcott.
Microfilm edition available, no. 14,571.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service.
U.S. Army officer, engineer, educator, and state legislator from Vermont.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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