Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1884.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1884.

Letter dated 14 October 1884 from Jonathan Guest Williams and Susan Roberts Williams to their son Charles, concerning his plans to leave the farm and attend veterinary school. The letter is written on the stationery of the Westtown Boarding School; each parent has written a separate portion of the letter. Both parents express great concern at the step their son proposes to take.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Westtown Boarding School

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Williams, Susan Roberts.

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Westlake, Neda M.

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Williams, C.K. (Charles Kenneth), 1936-

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University of Pennsylvania. School of Veterinary Medicine

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One of the oldest of its kind in the United States, the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania was established in October 1884, Dr. Rush Shippen Huidekoper serving as its first dean. In 1889, the state of Pennsylvania appropriated $25,000 for the School. This was the first of many state appropriations that have contributed to the rapid growth of the School. In 1905, Dean Leonard Pearson presented plans for a combination of new veterinary school a...

Williams, Jonathan Guest.

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Jonathan Guest Williams was superintendant at the Westtown Boarding School in Westtown, Chester Co., Pa. from 1881-1891. His oldest son, Charles, was in the first graduating class at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1887. Gerard R. Williams, the donor of this letter, is the great-grandson of Jonathan Guest Williams and in 1966 was director of development at Westtown School. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1884. (University of Pennsylv...

Williams, Gerard

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