Letters, 1857-1880.

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Letters, 1857-1880.

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Letters, 1857 May 2 - 1880 July 1, with the first letter from William A. Wright, in Princeton, N.J., to Tutwiler, in Greene Springs, Hale Co., Ala., in which he described the inauguration of President John Buchanan, including the eventful train trip, in which his train derailed in Pennsylvania while travelling from Princeton to Washington, D.C. Wright described the inauguration in some detail. The second letter, a photocopy of a typed transcript, 1861 Jan. 2, from J.A. Campbell, in Washington, D.C., to Tutwiler, in Havana, Greene Co., Ala., which discussed the opprobrium Campbell received for voicing unspecified political opinions, and his love of Ala. The third, and last, letter, 1880 July 1, from Tutwiler, in Greene Springs, to General H.D. Clayton, in which he discusses his son-in-law, Captain J.W.A. Wright, and also his academy in Greene Springs.

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Buchanan, John, 1791-1868.

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Campbell, J.A. (John Archibald), 1811-1889.

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Clayton, H.D.

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Wright, James W. A. (James William Abert), 1834-1894

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Tutwiler, Henry, 1807-1884

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Tutwiler was born on 1807 Nov. 16 at Harrisburg, Rockingham Co., Va., to Henry and Margaret Lorchbaugh Tutwiler. In 1825 He entered the University of Va., graduating in 1829, being the first student there to receive the A.M. degree. From 1831-1837 he was professor of ancient languages at the University of Ala., marrying Julia Ashe in 1835, and from 1837-1839 was the chair of mathematics at Marion College. During 1839-1847 he became professor of mathematics and chemistry at LaGrange College in no...

Greene Springs School (Greene Springs, Ala.).

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Wright, William A.

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