Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to [Oliver Payson] Hubbard, 1878 May 3.

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Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to [Oliver Payson] Hubbard, 1878 May 3.

Porcher discusses a "semi-centennial" reunion of a group of classmates from [Yale], the state of his health and finances, old friends, his family, his position as a professor of history and belles lettres at the College [of Charleston], and other matters.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338195

South Carolina Historical Society

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Yale College (1718-1887)

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The Linonian Literary Society was founded in 1753. All undergraduates were allowed to be members of the Linonian Society. The club provided students with a forum to debate, stage plays, and deliver poems, essays, and orations. The society disbanded in 1868. From the guide to the Linonian Society, Yale College, records, 1753-1870, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Hubbard, Oliver P. (Oliver Payson), 1809-1900

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Physician, educator. Professor, Dartmouth College, 1836-1900. From the description of Letter, 1839 Mar. 28, to Parker Cleaveland. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122524867 ...

Porcher, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolphus), 1809-1888

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South Carolina plantation owner, historian, and educator. A graduate of Yale, Porcher became a professor at the College of Charleston and was a founding member of the S.C. Historical Society. He was the son of George Porcher (1775-1813) of Cedar Spring Plantation (St. John's Berkeley Parish) and Marianne Gendron Palmer (1784-1835). He married Caroline Smith Parker (1824-1888) in 1850. From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1826-1922. (The South Carolina Historical Socie...

College of Charleston

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