William T. Sherman letters, 1860.

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William T. Sherman letters, 1860.

Letters to George Mason Graham, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminary, pertain to the arrangements for the examination of students (July 6, 1860) and his trip home to Ohio (Aug. 12, 1860), with comment on the national political situation in the latter.

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Graham, George Mason, 1807-1891.

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George Mason Graham was a planter of Tyrone Plantation, Rapides Parish, La., and a member of the Board of Supervisors of the State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, La. From the description of G. Mason Graham commissions, 1858-1859. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 166300977 From the description of G. Mason Graham letter, 1860 Jan. 24. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 166300989 From the description of George Mason Graham letter, 1...

Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy

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