To Thomas Jefferson from William A. Barron, 10 April 1804
From William A. Barron
West Point, April 10. 1804.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose a Memorial.
Permit me, sir, to subscribe, Sir, With the highest respect, Your Most Obedient servant,
Wm. A. Barron,
Captain of Engineers.
RC (PHi); addressed: “The President”; endorsed by TJ as received 23 Apr. and so recorded in SJL with notation “W”; also endorsed by TJ: “referrd. to Secretary at War. Th:J.” Enclosed in TJ to Dearborn, 27 Apr.
Massachusetts native William Amherst Barron (1769-1825), a Harvard graduate, taught mathematics there until 1800, when he accepted a commission as a captain in the U.S. Army. In 1802, Barron was transferred to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he served as a mathematics instructor. Between June 1803 and April 1805, Barron was the acting superintendent at West Point (George W. Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 5 vols. [Boston, 1891-1910], 3:487).