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Contains 174 Results:

Academic Year, 1847-1848

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents 1. P. T. Sparrow’s (HSC President 1845 - 1847) recommendation written for a Mr. A. W. Millspaugh (original and typewritten copy). 2. P. T. Sparrow’s (HSC President 1845 - 1847) apology to Mr. A. W. Millspaugh for the delay in sending the recommendation (original and typewritten copy). 3. Joseph Dupuy’s letter to Col. Joseph Dupuy explaining the college’s “certificate of scholarship” plan. 4. Joseph Dupuy’s certificate of scholarship receipt. 5. Leonidas Brown’s (HSC Class of 1848)...
Dates: Existence: 1847-1848

Academic Year, 1848-1849

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents 1. HSC advertisement, circa 1848: lists faculty, course of study, misc. information. 2. Lewis W. Green’s (HSC President 1848-1856) inaugural address, January 10, 1849. 3. Lewis W. Green (HSC President 1848-1856); genealogical chart relating to Lewis W. Green from Pike County, Illinois. History, dated November 18, 1975; compiled by George F. Miller, 2014 Utah N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110.
Dates: Existence: 1848-1849

Academic Year, 1849-1850

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents 1. Richardson’s Virginia and North Carolina Almanac for 1850 containing ads for HSC’s medical department. 2. Ticket of admission (Number 28) to lectures on surgery and surgical anatomy, HSC medical department, Richmond for the 1849 - 1850 session.
Dates: Existence: 1849-1850

Academic Year, 1850-1851

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents 1. Henry Clay Dickinson’s (HSC Class of 1851) photostat of handwritten will, Dickinson’s diary, which was evidently sent to Paul Grier, but no trace of the diary exists 7/1/1994.
Dates: Existence: 1850-1851

Academic Year, 1851-1852

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents 1. Andrew Reid Venable’s (HSC Class of 1852) letter to his wife, dated June 8, 1852. 2. Joseph McMurran’s (HSC Class of 1852) 8” x 10” photograph (2 copies). 3. Catalogue of 1851 - 52 session, HSC Medical Department, Richmond. 4. Announcement of the 1851 - 1852 session of the medical department, Randolph-Macon College, established by the Mettauers. 5. T. V. Moore (Rev.) address; “The Reformation: The Source of American Liberty,” delivered June 9, 1852, before the Union Society.
Dates: Existence: 1851-1852

Academic Year, 1852-1853

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents 1. Lewis Littlepage Holladay’s (HSC Class of 1853) correspondence (five letters signed by HSC President Lewis W. Green). Letters from Holladay to his wife, various dates: 1855, 1858, and 1862. 2. Lewis Littlepage Holladay’s (HSC Class of 1853) farewell speech to HSC, June 4, 1853. 3. William Henry Harrison’s letter thanking Philanthropic Society for “the honor conferred upon me,” dated April 14, 1852 (was this W. H. Harrison HSC Class of 1864(?)). 4. Address; “To the Public in Regard to...
Dates: Existence: 1852-1853

Academic Year, 1853-1854

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents 1. Julia Tinsley’s invitation to Annual HSC Commencement party, 1854.
Dates: Existence: 1853-1854

Academic Year, 1854-1855

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents 1. Walter Blair’s (HSC Class of 1855 and faculty) letter to his sister, dated June 28, 1863 (original and typewritten copy). 2. Walter Blair’s (HSC Class of 1855 and faculty) letter to (?), dated July 7, 1863, in envelope mailed from Staunton, VA, July 21, 1863 (original and typewritten copy). 3. Charles H. Robertson; HSC Certificate of Scholarship sold to Mr. Robertson of Charlotte County.
Dates: Existence: 1854-1855

Academic Year, 1856-1857

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents 1. James Morton Wharey (HSC Class of 1857); HSC Commencement program for 1857 sent in by Mrs. William H. Jetton (granddaughter). 2. (missing) James Morton Wharey’s (HSC Class of 1857) biographical sketch. 3. HSC Catalogue, January 1, 1776 to June 11, 1857, includes annual catalogue for 1857. 4. Richard Morton Venable’s (HSC Class of 1857) photograph. 5. Richard Morton Venable’s (HSC Class of 1857) paper presented before the American Bar Association, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 19, 1885....
Dates: Existence: 1856-1857

Academic Year, 1857-1858

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents 1. HSC Commencement party invitation for June 10, 1858, donated by Larry B. Truitt, Bridgeville, DE (includes his letter and Taylor Reveley’s response). 2. Program of the 69th Anniversary of the HSC Union Society, dated June 8, 1858 (photocopy). 3. Chapman Hunter Chilton’s (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch from the Virginia Journal of Education, November 1963, pages 14 - 15. 4. Chapman Hunter Chilton’s (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch (typed) includes names of Chilton...
Dates: Existence: 1857-1858