A. D. Hepburn papers, 1848; 1850 [manuscript].

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A. D. Hepburn papers, 1848; 1850 [manuscript].

Two letters, 1848, from Hepburn describing his activities as a student at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pa., and one letter to Hepburn from Alexander Taggart McGill (b. 1807), 1850, urging him to return to Jefferson and graduate.

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McGill, Alexander T. (Alexander Taggart), 1807-1889

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Alexander Taggart McGill was born at Canonsburg, PA on February 24, 1807. He graduated from Jefferson College at Canonsburg and then entered the Associate Presbyterian Seminary. He had to suspend his studies because of his health. He then taught at the Baldwin Academy in Milledgeville, GA and enter the bar in that state in 1830. He also was appointed as Surveyor of the Cherokee Land Reservation by the state legislature. He returned to Canonsburg in 1831 and was ordained in the ministry in 1835 b...

Hepburn, A. D. (Andrew Dousa), 1830-1921

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Andrew Dousa Hepburn was born on November 14, 1830 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He received an A.B. degree from Jefferson College in 1851 and a D.D. degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1857. In that same year he married Henrietta McGuffey, daughter of noted author William Holmes McGuffey. Hepburn was ordained on October 22, 1858 and pastored a congregation in New Providence, Virginia from 1858 to 1860. In 1860, he joined the University of North Carolina as Professor of Logic, Rhetori...

Jefferson College (Canonsburg, Pa.)

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Founded in 1794 as the Canonsburg Academy, Jefferson College was chartered January 15, 1802. In 1865, Jefferson College joined with Washington College (Washington, Pa.) to form Washington and Jefferson College. From the description of Autograph albums 1856-1861. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 30631114 ...