View of West Point. The United States Military West Point. Washington selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the forti

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View of West Point. The United States Military West Point. Washington selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the fortifications for West Point in 1778. President Thomas Jefferson established the United States Military Academy in 1802, by the Hudson River, north of New York. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

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