Washington College (Lexington, Va.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Cole Davis Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0527
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three items: James C. Davis' Washington College undergraduate diploma from June 30, 1853; Washington Literary Society diploma of membership from his years at Washington College; James C. Davis' Virginia state law license dated 1860
Dates:
Inclusive 1853-1860
James McDowell Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0449
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two letters written to James McDowell while he was a Congressman. In one, dated May 16, 1848, James Paxton writes that he is not sure if the administration of Washington College needs changes, discusses the pay of the professors, which varied from $800 to $1300 per year, Governor William Smith's recent appointment of George H. Lee to fill a vacant judgeship. The other from C. S. M. Lee, J. S. Fishburn, and W. P. Wharton, dated December 6, 1848, asks him to deliver...
Dates:
1848