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Please send him the personal items of his son, Charles Delafield. ; Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

Wishes to send his son to the Academy but cannot accompany him on the journey; hopes to find a friend "travelling eastward" to escort him. ; Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

Sends his son to the Academy. ; Transcription by Raymond Bouchard. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

Protest by John Delafield of payment of bill for the expenses of his son, Charles Delafield, at the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy.

Alden Partridge invites former pupils from his various different schools to a convention about permanently establishing his "Literary, Scientific and Military System of Education" in the United States, to be held at Norwich, Vermont, on 13 August 1851. ; CONVENTION. To all my former Pupils at Norwich, Middletown, Buffalo, Portsmouth, Va. Bristol, Harrisburg and Reading, Pa., and Pembroke, N. H. Gentlemen, You are requested to meet in Convention, at Norwich, State of Vermont, on Wednesday, the 13th day of August next, for the following purposes, viz :— 1. To renew the friendship, and revive the interesting scenes of by-gone days. 2. To adopt the necessary measures for establishing the Literary, Scientific and Military System of Edu­cation—[the true American System]—on a permanent basis in the United States. 3. To transact any other business that may come before the Convention. It is proposed that the Convention continue two clays — the 13th and 14th — the 13th to be devoted to business, and the 14th to the public exercises. Addresses may be expected from JOSEPH C. WRIGHT, Esq., of Oswego, N. Y. CHARLES H. STOUT, Esq., of Easton, Pa. Professor J. B. BATCHELDER, of the Military Institute at Reading, Pa. JOSEPH C. MORRILL, Esq., of the Military Institute at Pembroke, N. H. And from other Gentlemen. As the objects, of the Convention are of great importance, a full attendance is urgently requested. Gentle-men friendly to a truly American System of Education, are invited to attend and take part in the proceedings. Those who cannot attend, are requested to communicate their views on the objects of the Convention, in writ­ing. As it is proposed to publish a Catalogue of all those who have worn the Bullet Button, with the va­rious occupations and professions in which they have been and are engaged, and the public stations they have occupied, or do occupy, together with their places of residence—(designating those who have died )-— Gentlemen, are requested to transmit all the necessary information on these Subjects. (Signed) A. PARTRIDGE. Norwich. Vt., July 1, 1851. Note—Gentlemen who receive this Circular are requested to invite others to attend, and also to request Editors of Newspapers to notice the call. A. P.

Announces the upcoming move of the National Military College from Brandywine Springs, Delaware, to Bristol, Pennsylvania, as the building used by the college in Delaware has been destroyed by fire. ; A CARD. In consequence of the destruction by fire ot the building occupied by the NATIONAL MILITARY COLLEGE, at Bran-dywine Springs, the Institution will be removed to Bristol, Pennsylvania, on the first of March, 1854, and occupy the spacious and elegant buildings known as Bristol College and China Hall, situated on the Delaware River, 1.7 miles above Philadelphia, and 3 miles from Bristol Village and Burlington, New Jersey. All the present members of the Institution, and all who had made their arrangements to join at Brandy wine in Feb-ruary, are requested to join at Bristol, on the first of March, All other candidates are requested, if convenient, to join between the 1st and 16th of May, though students will be received at any time. The fire at Brandywine was caused by a defect in the hearth of the room where it originated ; and no blame can attach to the Cadet who occupied it. (Signed) A. PARTRIDGE, SUP'T, NORWICH, VERMONT, JAN. 7, 1854. NOTE-Editors of papers, who have published an account of the fire, are requested to notice the above in their respec-tive papers. Those who receive this Card, are requested to communicate the information to others, A. P.

Broadside with message by Alden Partridge informing the public of the guilty verdict in his libel suit against three members of the Norwich University Board of Trustees, Ira Davis, William Sweatt, and Aaron Loveland. ; To THE PUBLIC. It is doubtless recollected by the readers of the Vermont Mercury of the 25th of December, 1845, and of the Spirit of the Age of the 1st of January, 1846, that a publication appeared in each of those papers, purporting to be a Report of a Committee of the Trustees of Norwich University, consisting of Ira Davis, William Sweatt, and Aaron Loveland — made to said Board of Trustees, and unanimously adopted by them, at a meeting held on the 9th of December, 1845, and ordered to be published. In this Report my character and reputation, both as President of Norwich University and as an individual were violently assailed. As I knew the Report, — concocted in malice — was a tissue of vile misrepresentation and malicious falsehood, I prosecuted the aforesaid Committee, &c. for a libel. The declaration was drawn by S. R. Streeter, Esq., of Barnard, with his usual accuracy and ability, and couched in the strongest terms adopted in cases of an atrocious and malicious libel. The cause came up for trial at the last November Term of the County Court, held at Woodstock, and resulted in the full conviction of the said Ira Davis, William Sweatt, and Aaron Loveland, &e., The verdict of the jury was in the following words, viz ; " In this cause the Jury say that the Defendants are guilty in manner and form as the Plaintiff, in his declaration, hath alleged." As the Jury, however, allowed me only nominal damages, I take for granted they believed the malicious falsehoods of this little junto Of Corporate Libellers had so little influence on the public mind, that my reputation was not materially affected thereby. As Norwich University derived its corporate powers and privileges (and they are of the highest order) from the sovereign power of Vermont, it is presumed the people of the State who have a deep interest in the character and reputation of all their literary institutions, would be pleased to know in what manner these high powers and prerogatives have been used. I would therefore inform them that the Board of Trustees of Norwich University consists, nominally, of twenty-five members ; of which seven are required to be present at any meeting to constitute a quorum ; that a majority of said Board have never been present at any meeting within the last seven or eight years ; the number of members attending the meetings generally fluctuates between seven and nine or ten, residing at Norwich and vicinity — constituting a small minority of the whole Board, and that this minority is controlled by a little junto of five or six, of which junto Ira Davis, the convicted Libeller, alias, liar, appears to be the head and trunk. Under such influences the important prerogatives and privileges conferred by the sovereign power of this State, for noble and important objects, have been basely prostituted to the accomplishment of the most ignoble and grovelling purposes, entirely foreign to the original design of the Legislature. As I intend, however, to present the whole subject to the Legislature, by memorial, at its next Session, and distinctly specify the manner in which the Charter has been violated and abused by this junto, I will not further enlarge at this time.— When the Legislature is fully informed on this subject, I have no doubt that honorable body will fully vindicate its own honor, as well as the honor of the State, and the cause of literature and science, by placing the University under the guardianship and control of a real Board of Trustees, composed of gentlemen of well established moral worth, and possessing such literary and scientific attainments as would be an honor to any Literary Institution in our country. Then would Norwich University be restored to its former respectability, and be the worthy successor of the A. L. S. Military Academy, from which it derived its origin, and then would all the Alumni of this Institution, who have worn the Bullet Button — whether educated at Norwich, Middletown, Portsmouth, Bristol, Harrisburg, or other places, rise, en masse, and rally around their old Alma Mater — endow and sustain it, and thus place it amongst the most useful public Institutions in the United States. Signed, A. PARTRIDGE. Norwich, Vt., February 4, 1850.

Would like to place one of his sons at the Academy; requests information; heard good things about the Academy from Mr. [James?] Boggs, who has two sons at the academy (John B. Boggs and James Boggs?); his brother knew Partridge at West Point. ; Transcription by Raymond Bouchard. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

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