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Brockenbrough, John

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1806 - 1877

Biography

LL.D., W&L, 1851. Professor law and equity at W&L, 1866; professor common and statue law, W&L, 1870-73; trustee, 1852-72; rector, 1865-72. Founder Lexington Law School, 1849. See Crenshaw, TS, I, 543-53; II, 482-96; Legal Education in Virginia, 98-104.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Endorsement of Judge John W. Brockenbrough for Court of Appeals, 1852

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 0000004851], Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Elisha Franklin Paxton Papers are comprised primarily of the personal correspondences, business and military papers of Elisha F. Paxton between 1845 and 1863. The core of the personal letters are written from Paxton to his wife Elizabeth White Paxton during their courtship in the 1850s and during the American Civil War, 1861-1863, while he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army’s 27th Virginia Infantry, a member of the staff of General Stonewall Jackson, and general in...
Dates: 1852

VMI Barracks, 1850

 File — Box 19, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Address Delivered by the Hon. John W. Brockenbrough on laying the corner stone of the new barracks of the Virginia Military Institute, July 4, 1850. New York: John Wiley, 1850.

Dates: 1850

Washington College Board of Trustees to Robert E. Lee, 1865-08-05

 Item — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000003981], Folder: 6
Abstract

The letter is written to Robert E. Lee to inform him that the Washington College Board of Trustees unanimously elected him president of the college. It is signed by the board members.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1865-08-05