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Book/Printed Material Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Cited as: S. Doc. 26-79

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Title

  • Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Doc. 26-79

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Partridge, Alden
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1841.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army.--War Department.--Engineer Department.--Military Academy.--Norwich University
  • -  Military education
  • -  Nepotism
  • -  Patronage, Political
  • -  Presidents
  • -  Social classes
  • -  Norwich, Vermont
  • -  West Point, New York

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (5 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 26-2:S.DOC.79
  • Y 1.1/2:377

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024763092

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Alden Partridge, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. Senate. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1841] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763092/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Partridge, A., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. Senate, A. (1841) Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763092/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1841] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763092/>.