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Francis Delafield
Francis Delafield (August 3, 1841 – July 17, 1915)Obituary record of the graduates of the undergraduate schools, deceased 1860–70—1950/51.
(1860) Yale University
was an American physician, born in . His father, Dr. , was the son of the prominent John Delafield who had emigrated to America from London, England in 1783 carrying the provisional

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New York City
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United States Declaration Of Independence
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Richard Delafield
Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) was a United States Army officer for 52 years. He served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy for 12 years. At the start of the American Civil War, then Colonel Delafield helped equip and send volunteers from New York to the Union Army. He also was in command of defenses around New York harbor from 1861 to April 1864. On April 22, 1864, he was promoted to brigadier general in the Regular Army of the United States and Chief of Engineers. On March 8, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Delafield for appointment to the grade of brevet major general in the Regular Army, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4, 1866, reconfirmed due to a technicality on July 14, 1866. He retired from the US Army on August 8, 1866. He later served on two commissions relating to improvements to Boston Harbor and to lighthouses. He also served as a regent of the Smith ...
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Delafield Illustration From Crimean War
Places in the United States * Delafield, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Delafield, Wisconsin, a city * Delafield (town), Wisconsin * Delafield Township, Jackson County, Minnesota People * E. M. Delafield (1890–1943), British writer of the 1930s and 1940s * Edward Delafield (1794–1875), American physician, father of Francis Delafield and brother to Richard Delafield * Edward Coleman Delafield (1878–1976), American banker and soldier, president of the Bank of America * Edward Henry Delafield (1880–1955), American politician and landowner * Francis Delafield (1841–1915), American physician * Joseph Delafield (1790–1875), American officer in the War of 1812, lawyer and diplomat * Richard Delafield (1798–1873), Union Army major general during the American Civil War * Rufus King Delafield (1802–1874), American banker and manufacturer * Violetta White Delafield Violetta White Delafield, ''née'' Violetta Susan Elizabeth White, (1875–1949) was an American bo ...
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Phi Beta Kappa
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John Delafield
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