Papers of Walter Bowie, Jr., 1848-1861.

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Papers of Walter Bowie, Jr., 1848-1861.

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Include diary with entries, 1848-1849, regarding student life at Columbian College, D.C., debates of the Enosinian Society of Columbia College, and social life in Washington, D.C.; and entries, 1852, regarding student life at the University of Virginia, including meetings of the Washington Society, "calathumping", and social life in Charlottesville, Va. Also include notebook, 1850-1861, with notes, 1850-1851, for chemistry lectures delivered by Robert E. Rogers at the University of Virginia, and journal entries, 1860-1861, regarding the management of his farm in Westmoreland County, Va., including weather, expenses, supplies, the hiring of slaves and free African-Americans, crop rotation, as well as Civil War news.

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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...

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union.

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Calathumpian Society.

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Columbian College in the District of Columbia

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Enosinian Society.

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Rogers, Robert E.

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Epithet: Archdeacon of Chester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000f0 Brooks was in the Stylus Club with Rogers at Harvard. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1906. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183883932 ...

Bowie, Walter, Jr. 1831-1900.

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Farmer of Westmoreland County, Va.; served in Virginia Volunteers,40th Regt., proctor and treasurer of Washington College in Lexington, Va., and secretary to its then-president, Robert E. Lee; later businessman in Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers of Walter Bowie, Jr., 1848-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135482 ...