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Collection Reference Number GLC01243
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1838 
Title An elementary course in civil engineering for the use of the cadets of the United States Military Academy
Date 1838
Author Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)  
Additional authors Mahan, Dennis H. (1802-1871)
Document Type Book; Military document
Content Description Signed by Sherman on the first fly leaf, "Sherman/West Point N.Y./Sept 1st/39." Class book for cadets written by D.H. Mahan, a professor of military and civil engineering at the Academy. Printed by Wiley and Putnam, New York. With doodles and a joke, "Cadet Sherman has permission to go just where he pleases," written in pencil on the dedication page. With bookplate from the library of John Sherman. Fold out diagrams at the end.
Subjects Education  West Point (US Military Academy)  Science and Technology  Military History  Union General  Humor and Satire  
People Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) (1820-1891)  Mahan, Dennis H. (1802-1871)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Government & Politics; Arts & Literature; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859