Reminiscences of Burwell Starke, 1884.

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Reminiscences of Burwell Starke, 1884.

Starke recalls his student days at the University of Virginia, describing John P. Emmet, Thomas H. Key, and George Long, his roommate Robert E. Scott, good friend William Wertenbaker, and fellow students William E. Cunningham, Gessner Harrison, Edgar A. Poe, William and John Preston, Henry Shackelford, and brothers Henry and Charles Tayloe. He also recalls the pleasure of having dined with Thomas Jefferson.

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First professor of math at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papersof Thomas Hewitt Key, 1824-1827, 1870, 1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793579 First professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia, 1825-1827. From the description of Letter to Thomas Jefferson h[manuscript], 1825 November 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874614 ...

Harrison, Gessner, 1807-1862

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Wertenbaker, William

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Emmet, John P. (John Patten), 1797-1842

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Shackelford, Henry, 1802-

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

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Cunningham, William E., 1808-1855.

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