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| | Jonathan Williams |
 | | Colonel Williams has been called "father of the corps of engineers?' His full-length portrait is in the library of the United States military academy, among those of other superintendents and professors. |
| | At the beginning of the war of 1812 Colonel Williams claimed the command of the last-named work, and on being refused it by the secretary of war, resigned, 31 July, 1812. |
| | WILLIAMS, Jonathan, soldier, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 26 May, 1750; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 16 May, 1815. |
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