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Elinor Junkin letter
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0641
Scope and Contents
Elinor Junkin, daughter of Washington College's president George Junkin and future first wife of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson details to her first cousin Helen Dickey, of Oxford, Chester County, Pa., her family's move to and first weeks living in Lexington, Virginia, after her father's apppointment at the college. The letter mentions her siblings and shared family, describes the college and its former president Henry Ruffner, the journey from Pennsylvania to Lexington, and the...
Dates:
1848-12-14
Henry Ruffner Letter to Thomas Aspinwall
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0654
Scope and Contents
A letter of introduction for former Washington College Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry Joseph W. Farnum penned by Washington College (Va.) president Henry Ruffner to American Consul to London, England, Col. Thomas Aspinwall. Ruffner asks that Aspinwall assist in connecting Farnum with those of "scientific society and institutions" in the vicinity of London, England.
Dates:
1835-03-28