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Collection Reference Number GLC05707.08
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1841 
Title Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion, Powder, Cannon and Projectiles
Date 1841
Author Knowlton, Miner (fl. 1841)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Includes detailed schematic diagrams and sectional views of cannons, blast furnaces, projectiles, etc. Knowlton is listed on title page as Instructor of Artillery in the US Military Academy. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Handwritten note inserted between pages six and seven states, "This belonged to my grandfather Charles Geddings Rogers when a cadet at West Point." Not bound with GLC05707.01-.07 but housed in same box. Possibly owned by Henry W. Halleck, who owned the other seven bound textbooks decimalized with this group.
Subjects Military History  West Point (US Military Academy)  Education  Ammunition  Science and Technology  
People Knowlton, Miner (fl. 1841)  Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872)  
Place written West Point, New York
Theme Education; Science, Technology, Invention; Industry
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Halleck was graduated from West Point in 1839. He was active in the military and politics in California. After resigning from the Army in 1854, he headed the law firm of Halleck, Peachy & Billings in California. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was appointed major general. He served as Commander in Chief July 1862 to March 1864. Though he excelled in administrative duties, he was generally considered a failure in the field and was succeeded by his subordinate Ulysses S. Grant.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859