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

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A small, center-stitched bound booklet produced by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point listing officers and cadets of the Academy in 1887, including three African American cadets: John Hanks Alexander, Charles Young, and Henry Wilson Holloway. The booklet is printed in black ink on off-white paper with a tan colored wrapper. The front cover is printed in black decorative text reading [OFFICIAL REGISTER / OF THE / Officers and Cadets / OF THE / U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, / West Point, N.Y. / JUNE, 1887]. The inside front cover has a quote from Winfield Scott. The booklet begins with a listing of the "Board of Visitors," followed by officers and the academic staff. Next is a listing of cadets by class according to year of study and "arranged in Order of Merit in their Respective Classes.

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