Ethelbert Dudley Warfield letter, 1889 May 21.

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Ethelbert Dudley Warfield letter, 1889 May 21.

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Warfield wrote this letter May 21, 1889, in response to a correspondent requesting information about Warfield's grandfather, Elisha (1781-1859), the noted Lexington horse breeder. This letter was addressed to "Mr. Rout" and was written on the letterhead of Miami University during Warfield's tenure as president of that institution. Warfield reported he had no autograph of his grandfather. He referred to various portraits of Elisha Warfield in existence. Ethelbert Warfield also made reference to his book, THE KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF 1798, concerning the famous declarations against the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Warfield, Ethelbert Dudley, 1861-1936

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Warfield, the son of William Warfield and Mary Cabell Breckinridge Warfield, was a graduate of Princeton University. He also attended Oxford University and received a degree from Columbia Law School in 1885. Warfield practiced law for three years before becoming the president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1888. Warfield accepted the presidency of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1891. He also held a professorship of political science at Lafayette. From the descri...

Warfield, Elisha, 1781-1859.

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