Thomas Perkins Abernethy papers [manuscript], 1933, 1940.

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Thomas Perkins Abernethy papers [manuscript], 1933, 1940.

The collection contains a clipping "Local professor turns tables on wronged Revolutionary hero," about Arthur Lee, and a program announcing the Walter Lynwood Fleming lecture series given in 1940 by Abernethy on "The Virginia frontiers."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7414122

University of Virginia. Library

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Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

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Arthur Lee (20 December 1740 – 12 December 1792) was a physician and opponent of slavery in colonial Virginia in North America who served as an American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War. He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Edinburgh and in London, respectively. After passing the bar, he practiced law in London for several years. He stayed in London during the Revolutionary War, representing the colonies to Britain and France and also serving as an American spy ...

Abernethy, Thomas Perkins, 1890-1975

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Thomas Perkins Abernethy was a teacher who attended the College of Charleston (1908-1912) and received his M.A. and Ph. D. from Harvard University (1914-1916). He taught at Marion Institute (1912-1914, 1919), Woman's College of Alabama (1916-1917), and served as a second lieutenant during World War I. From the description of The formative period in Alabama, 1815-1828, dissertation, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122538556 Historian and chairman of the University of V...