SWIFT JOSEPH GARDNER Autograph Letter Signed JGSwift to Colo

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"FIRST" GRADUATE OF WEST POINT SWIFT, JOSEPH GARDNER. Autograph Letter Signed, "J.G.Swift," to Colonel Jon[athan] Williams, conveying that the officers of his corps have written to General Irvine to recommend that John E. Morrison be appointed for a position recently made vacant, and asking that he speak to Irvine on Morrison's behalf. 1 page, 4to, with integral address leaf; folds. (JMR) West Point, 10 June 1803

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Swift (1783-1865), a military engineer, graduated from the first class of West Point in 1802; he is said to be the "first graduate of West Point."