Letters to Charles Scott Venable, concerning the appointment of M.W. Humphreys to the Chair of Greek at the University of Virginia, [manuscript] 1887.

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Letters to Charles Scott Venable, concerning the appointment of M.W. Humphreys to the Chair of Greek at the University of Virginia, [manuscript] 1887.

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ALS, 1887 July 18, T.W. Jordan, Emory, Va., with envelope. ALS, 1887, July 21, R.L. Dabney, Rockbridge Baths, Va., with envelope. ALS, 1887, July 23, Charles Forster Smith, Nashville, Tenn. ALS, 1887 July 24, William LeRoy Broun, Nashville, Tenn., with envelope. ALS, 1887 July 28, Chas. Fred. Tucker, Dallas, Tex., with envelope. TLS, 1887 Aug. 1, Eldred J. Simkins, Corsicana, Tex., with envelope. ALS, 1887 Aug. 4, William Watson Goodwin, Plymouth, Mass., with envelope. ALS, 1887 Aug. 15, M.W. Humphreys, Crisp, Tenn.

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