Letter from Winfield Sherwood to Alden Partridge, 24 June 1839

Abstract

Winfield Sherwood writes from Boonville, New York, to Alden Partridge in Norwich, Vermont, and notes that Rufus King, a graduate of West Point and editor of the Albany Daily Advertiser, had criticized Partridge's plan for reorganizing the militia; Sherwood is currently engaged in the survey and construction of the Black River Canal; notes the national convention of militia will be held in October in New York; asks questions about artillery evolutions. ; Transcription by Raymond Bouchard. Transcriptions may be subject to error.