Alden Partridge was seen as a controversial choice for a “Great Americans” stamp – he was once court-martialed for nearly launching a mutiny when he was replaced as head of West Point. However, he went on to found Norwich University, the first nonmilitary school in the western hemisphere, as well as seven other schools.
Designer Robert Anderson created the portrait on this stamp, based on an old engraving of Partridge in his fuss-and-feathers “Peacock” uniform.
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