Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy

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A small booklet (2011.155.5a) produced by West Point listing the officers and cadets at the United States Military Academy in 1881. The booklet is printed in black ink on off-white paper with saddle-stitched binding and 39 numbered pages. The listing of cadets begins on page 10, with African American cadet Johnson Chesnut Whittaker found on page 13 with a footnote that reads in part, "Recommended by Academic Board to be discharged. Absent with leave since August 19, 1880, and until further orders." The booklet has a small paper insert (2011.155.5b) with text that reads [Compliments of the Adjutant / U.S. Military Academy].

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