Sketches : of Albemarle County scenes, 1844.

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Sketches : of Albemarle County scenes, 1844.

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Drawings of the Rivanna River, the Southwest Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains were commissioned by William Barton Rogers to illustrate a geological report. A letter, 1844 July 10, University of Virginia, Rogers to James Brown, Jr., discusses the hiring and payment of Smith.

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Monticello (Va.)

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Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

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Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...

Brown, James, Jr,

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Smith, William Russell, 1815-1896

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Painter, Russell Smith, was employed in 1844 Summer, to sketch for William Barton Rogers, professor at the University of Virginia and head of the Virginia Geological Survey. (see letter, Berkeley to Ricketts, 1974 April 24, filed with item). From the description of Painting of the University of Virginia from the toll gate, 1844. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57620796 Russell Smith was a painter, born in Scotland, and immigrated to western Pennsylvania. His in...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...