Correspondence between Hooe and William A. Harrison [manuscript], 1832-1836.

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Correspondence between Hooe and William A. Harrison [manuscript], 1832-1836.

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Hooe and Harrison, his son-in-law, discuss the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1831, and subsequent settlement of Choctaw lands; land pre-emption; Jefferson College land sales; Indian land floats; the choice and management of the new lands; corn and cotton crops; slave labor; hiring and sales; the health of slaves; family and friends; changing economic conditions nationally; and mutual friends. There is also a letter from Harriet A. Ruffner, 1850, describing the University of Virginia, and mentioning William S. Plumer, William H. McGuffey, and William H. Ruffner.

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Harrison, W. A. (William Anthony), 1828?-1892

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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...

Ruffner, Harriet A.,

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Jefferson College (Washington, Miss.)

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McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873

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Professor of moral philosophy, University of Virginia. From the description of [Letter] 1851 March 13, University of Virginia to J.A. Broadus / W.H. McGuffey 1851. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48466255 University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia to the Rev. A.T. McGill [manuscript] 1851 February 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647929521 Author and philosophy scholar, of Ohio and Virgin...

Ruffner, William Henry, 1824-1908

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William Henry Ruffner was born February 11, 1824, the son of Henry Ruffner, a Presbyterian minister and college president. He graduated from Washington College (Lexington, Va.) where his father served, in 1842. Ruffner attended Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, Va.) in 1845 and 1846, and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1847. He married Harriet Anne Gray of Collicello, Va. in 1850. Ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1852, he served for a year as pastor of Seventh P...

Plumer, William S. (William Swan), 1802-1880

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Presbyterian clergyman, founder of the "Watchman of the South," and professor of theology at the Theological Seminary in Columbia, S.C. From the description of Letters, 1859-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39390412 ...

Hooe, Nathaniel Harris, 1777-

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