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Admission Scholarship from Washington College to the sons of Mary Jackson Thornton
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0545
Dates:
1866-03-01
Broadside Announcing Robert E. Lee's Presidency of Washington College
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0660
Content Description
A broadside announcing Robert E. Lee's acceptance of the presidency of Washington College. The broadside was printed at the Lexington Gazette. The announcement was officially made by John W. Brockenbrough, Rector of Washington College.
Dates:
1865-09-01
Department of Law and Equity Broadside
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0596
Scope and Contents
This broadside from the Department of Law and Equity is dated August 1, 1870. It was published in Lexington, Virginia.
Dates:
1870-08-01
John White Brockenbrough Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0478
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two of John Brockenbrough's personal correspondences, a letter of resignation from Washington and Lee University, and a bank receipt from the Bank of Lexington. One of the personal correspondences contains information about military movements in Virginia during the American Civil War.
Dates:
Inclusive 1863-1874; Majority of material found within Bulk 1863-1874
Washington College Bond Certificate
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0347
Scope and Contents
This bond certificate dated August 1869 in the amount of $250 is made out to Madison H. Effinger of Rockbridge County, Virginia, for the endowment of Washington College. The certificate is signed by J. M. Leech, University Treasurer, and John W. Brockenbrough, University Rector.
Dates:
1869-08
Washington and Lee Special Collections and Archives
204 West Washington Street
Leyburn Library
Lexington, VA 24450
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