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Drawer 1-4

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Contains 174 Results:

Academic Year, 1858-1859

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents 1. Invitation to annual HSC Commencement party for the graduating class of 1859 donated by Dr. J. A. Christian, Charles City, VA. 2. Invitation to annual HSC Commencement party for the graduating class of 1859 which includes “Admission ticket” and envelope addressed to Mr. Louis D. Jones & Lady, New Store, Buckingham, VA. 3. Edwin Gilliam Booth (HSC Class of 1859); typed copy of classmates’ messages to Booth. 4. Robert Thruston Hubard’s (HSC Class of 1859) geometry book (class...
Dates: Existence: 1858-1859

Academic Year, 1859-1860

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents 1. William H. Holman (HSC Class of 1860); correspondence referring to two “items” belonging to Holman. No identification of said items; as of 7/1/94, no items found. 2. William Curtis Wallace (HSC Class of 1860); small snapshot of Wallace (he was killed in the battle of Petersburg, 1865).
Dates: Existence: 1859-1860

Academic Year, 1860-1861

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents 1. Shelton Chieves’s (HSC Student in 1861) obituary and biography. Accompanying note states that J. D. Eggleston had a daguerreotype of him, but none is found, 6/30/94. 2. (missing) Notice to “Mr. Rose, Union Theological Seminary” that he had been elected a member of the HSC Union Society (date unclear: 1851 or 1861(?)). 3. New York World (January 17, 1861) article; “Clergy’s ‘Southern Appeal”’ signed by three HSC alumni: J. M. P. Atkinson, B. M. Smith, R. L. Dabney (accompanying note...
Dates: Existence: 1860-1861

Academic Year, 1861-1862

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents 1. Achilles Whitlocke Hoge (HSC Class of 1862); photocopy of Hoge’s Civil War diary (Hoge was killed in battle). 2. Book of Expenses of William Gibson Field, 1853-1862.
Dates: Existence: 1861-1862

Academic Year, 1863-1864

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents 1. William P. Dupuy (HSC Class of 1864); his “Reward of Merit,” presented June 29, 1854 signed by A. H. Whitlocke (?). 2. William P. Dupuy (HSC Class of 1864); his “Reward of Merit,” presented June 29, 1854.
Dates: Existence: 1863-1864

Academic Year, 1864-1865

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents 1. Lewis Holladay “School days 1864 - 1865;” Sally Scott’s account of girls’ school conducted at HSC’s Hampden-House, home of Lewis Holladay, given to Eggleston library 2/24/71 by Mrs. Anne De Muth.
Dates: Existence: 1864-1865

Academic Year, 1865-1866

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents 1. Advertisement for HSC dated August 14, 1865.
Dates: Existence: 1865-1866

Academic Year, 1867-1868

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents 1. William M. Thornton’s (HSC Class of 1868) memorial address; “John Mayo Pleasants Atkinson, D.D.”
Dates: Existence: 1867-1868

Academic Year, 1868-1869

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents 1. Robert H. Ransom (HSC Class of 1872); receipt dated September 10, 1868 for tuition in the amount of $67.00 written to Ransom (Ransom was a member of the class of 1872 but he died at HSC in 1869). 2. Petition signed by various HSC students from the late 1860’s and early 1870’s requesting (?) to preach, donated by Syracuse University Manuscripts Collection. 3. HSC “Certificates of Scholarship” to Johnathan Booker of Richmond City, dated January 26, 1869. Paid dates: November 1, 1848 and...
Dates: Existence: 1868-1869

Academic Year, 1870-1871

 File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 05
Scope and Contents 1. James R. Thornton’s (HSC Class of 1871) letter, dated December 8, 1879, to Dr. C.R. Agnew. 2. James R. Thornton (HSC Class of 1871); photostat of circular advertising Prince Edward Academy, listing Thornton as Principal (circular date is for the 1874 - 1875 session). 3. Union Society June 16, 1870 Anniversary Celebration.
Dates: Existence: 1870-1871