Letter regarding the assignment of commencement subjects, [1825] .

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Letter regarding the assignment of commencement subjects, [1825] .

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Two leaves containing a draft of a handwritten letter listing the Commencement subjects for Jason Whitman, William Prentiss, Francis Oliver Dorr, Thomas Sherwin, and Charles Livermore, all members of the Harvard Class of 1825. The undated and unattributed letter begins, "Dear Sir, If any references occur to you respecting the following questions or subjects which we have given out for the performances at Commencement..."

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