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The beginnings of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College : as revealed in selections from the correspondence between General Sylvanus Thayer and President Asa Dodge Smith, as well as that exchanged by General Thayer and Professor Robert Fletcher, during the years 1867-1871
by Sylvanus Thayer
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4 editions published between 1964 and 1974 in English and held by 34 libraries worldwide
A special report on the sea wall, built in the year 1843, for the preservation of Ram Head at the northwest end of Lovell's Island, in the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts
by Sylvanus Thayer
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1 edition published in 1844 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide
The West Point Thayer papers, 1808-1872
by Sylvanus Thayer
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5 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide
Message from the President of the United States : transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country, April 27, 1840
by Martin Van Buren
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1 edition published in 1840 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
The Beginnings of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, as revealed in selections from the correspondence between General Sylvanus Thayer and President Asa Dodge Smith, as well as that exchanged by General Thayer and Professor Robert Fle
by Edward Connery Lathem
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1 edition published in 1964 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Letter to James Monroe 1827, June 23
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2 editions published in 1827 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Thayer recommends Lt. Edward Courtenay of the U.S. Corps of Engineers for the position of professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia.
Instruments of gift for the endowment of the Thayer School of Civil engineering, in connection with Dartmouth College, and for the Thayer Mathematical Prize Fund
by Sylvanus Thayer
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2 editions published between 1869 and 1871 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Miscellaneous documents relating to the Thayer School, 1867-1871
by Sylvanus Thayer
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Letters, notes, extract from Trustees records relating to Thayer's gift and appointment to Dartmouth.
Records, 1867
by Thayer School of Engineering
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Collection consists of the records of the Thayer School of Engineering. Includes correspondence, dated 1867-1871, among Sylvanus Thayer, Asa Dodge Smith, D. H. Mahan, Robert Fletcher, Elihu Thayer Quimby, and others regarding the inception and organization of the school. Includes correspondence, reports, and other papers regarding many of the school's concerns, such as Thayer's original intentions and expectations for the school; the inadequacy of its funds, facilities, and equipment during its early years; the role of Dartmouth College in its finances and administration; the undergraduate engineering sciences department at Dartmouth College; the Tuck-Thayer program; and the induction of students into the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy and other branches of the service during World War II. Some of the material was generated by the Thayer School of Engineering Board of Overseers and directed to the president and the trustees of Dartmouth College. Also includes papers of Robert Fletcher and William Phelps Kimball, volumes 1-11 of the West Point-Thayer Papers, 1808-1872 (West Point, N.Y. : Association of Graduates, 1965), faculty meeting reports, curriculum studies reports, student records, and general correspondence.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts : a proclamation, 1985
by Michael S Dukakis
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2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Correspondence with Sylvanus Thayer: 1826
by James Monroe
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1 edition published in 1826 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Correspondence with Sylvanus Thayer, superintendent of West Point Military Academy, concerning discipline at West Point and at the University of Virginia, 1826 Nov 1 and 1826 Nov 23.
Letters : concerning the University of Virginia, 1826- 1828
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Monroe accepts an appointment to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors in place of Thomas Jefferson in a letter to John Tyler, 1826; Monroe writes to James Madison about business of the board of visitors, 1827; to Sylvanus Thayer that the board is considering appointing an officer to govern the student body and asks Thayer's advice, 1828; and to Charles Johnson proposing a meeting of the board to discuss the appointment, 1828.
Papers
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Series A: Vouchers and purchase records, 1824-1829, for fuel, sundries for chemical department, bunks, stationery, building supplies, straw, hay and corn signed by Aeneas Mackay; series B: 1-6, 1824-1825 disbursments, pay vouchers to repairmen, clerks, drivers, vouchers for baggage transport; series B: 7-10, 1826 recipts for postage, transportation of baggage, passage for enlisted men, masons' pay, mess hall repairs; series B: 11-14, 1826-1828, expenditures for transportation, repairs pay for masons, carpenters, custodial staff, clerks; series C-K, 1825-1826, vouchers for straw, fuel, forage and stationery issued, vouchers for expenses incurred in pursuing deserters; duplicate vouchers, 1825-1829; public letters rec'd by Aeneas Mackay, 1824-1829 including correspondence from contractors, letters from Thayer regarding supplies; contractual agreements for goods, 1819-1827; auditors' statements, 1824-1829; returns and statements, 1823-1825; vouchers and recipts for construction of the U.S.M.A. Band Barracks, 1825-1827; letters from Quartermaster's Office, N.Y. to Aeneas Mackay; U.S. Military Academy fund vouchers, recipts for cadets' uniforms, 1825-1829.
Papers
by Richard Delafield
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Army officer. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy. Historical research papers dealing with naval batteries; papers, notes and visas collected while an observer of the Crimean War; orders; proposal for "City guard seacoast artillery, 1858-1862"; proposal for hospital at Sandy Hook, N.J.; mechanical drawings; 1856 inventory of books, maps, plans, drawings, instruments, and other public property in possession of Major Richard Delafield regarding fortification of New York Harbor; correspondence arranged alphabetically by folder, including correspondence with John Gross Barnard, William H.C. Bartlett, Henry Washington Benham, Henry Brewerton, Archibald Campbell, Sir Samuel Cunard, Jefferson Davis, Miner Knowlton, John Young Mason, George B. McClellan, William Learned Marcy, Edward Denison Morgan, Frederick A. Smith, Sylvanus Thayer, Joseph G. Totten, Daniel Phineas Woodbury and others; miscellaneous correspondence is also included.
Letters
by Charles K Floyd
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Letter, [Georgia], 5 Sept. 1818, from Charles Floyd to Col. Sylvanus Thayer at West Point stating the address to which orders can be directed; extract of a letter, [Washington City], 7 March 1818, from John C. Calhoun to Sylvanus Thayer at West Point, N.Y. directing the reinstatement of Cadet Floyd.
Papers
by John Carver Palfrey
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Union soldier, engineer. Graduated Harvard 1853; West Point, 1857. A small collection of letters written chiefly by John C. Palfrey while serving with the engineers of the Department of the Gulf at New Orleans, Fort Gaines and Port Hudson during the Civil War. Correspondents include Benjamin F. Butler, Charles Eliot Norton, John G. Palfrey and Sylvanus Thayer.
Letter, 1855 July 27, Boston, to Wm. H. Duncan, Hanover, N.H
by Sylvanus Thayer
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1 edition published in 1855 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Regrets that he could not attend address of Prof. Brown before the Society of Alumni of Dartmouth College.
Letters, 1821 May 29-1859 December 24, v.p., to George Ticknor, New York and Boston
by Sylvanus Thayer
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Sends some letters to Ticknor; returns the Foreign Quarterly; news of friends. Looks forward to seeing Ticknor at West Point; mentions the application process for appointment to the Academy; his trip to Europe.
Receipt of payment, 1868 July 8 [n.p.], to Sylvanus Thayer [n.p
by Daniel Blaisdell
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1 edition published in 1868 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Received on his note payable to the Trustees by the hand of President Smith. more
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