Report of James Francis Harrison and letter of Thomas Perkins Abernethy [manuscript], 1883.

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Report of James Francis Harrison and letter of Thomas Perkins Abernethy [manuscript], 1883.

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A brief report on of the progress of the University of Virginia in endowments, professorships and equipment from 1867-1883. Thomas Perkins Abernethy, Cambridge, Mass., writes to Mr. Randolph, College of Charleston, 1914, requesting a list of courses and commenting on his life at Harvard.

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