Education--Maryland--History--19th century.

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This collection contains typescripts of two speeches given during commencements. The first was on August 19, 1848 when Perkins was a junior, the topic was Poland. The second speech was during his graduation on August 18, 1849, it addresses the Board, students, and faculty and talks about the pursuit of education.

Scope and Contents Note This collection contains a letter from Ezekiel Chambers to George Willis Esq., Secretary to the Board of Visitors & Governors of St. John’s College, regarding a circular he received about their reorganizing the college to “make it worthy of its patriotic founding.” He also talks about how Washington College has been striving to make itself a strong institution of higher education on the Eastern Shore. The dockets are from his time as a lawyer. The originals are housed at the...

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This collection contains one letter, written by Fred B. Noble to Fred W. Dumschott on July 12, 1973. This letter is in response to a letter from Dumschott asking Noble to reminisce about his years as a student at Washington College, beginning in 1898. Topics include activities of the Mount Vernon Literary Society, social life and hazing of students, athletics, faculty, and some history of the campus's development and renovations.

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This collection contains a letter to the Orphans Court of Cecil County, Maryland recommending George R. Cather for placement as a student to Washington College. The letter is signed by seven individuals including Robert Cather. George R. appears in the 1854-1855 catalog’s list of students at Washington College. Due to two fires at the College his exact graduation date is unknown, but presumably 1858.

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This collection contains to a letter of recommendation to the Orphans Court of Cecil County for admittance of James M. Touchstone as a student to Washington College from James McCauley, esq., Principal of Port Deposit Academy. There is no record of James attending Washington College.

Scope and Contents Note This collection contains Joseph Burchinal’s correspondence, course work, speeches and other materials during and after his education at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Included in his correspondence are two letters that discuss the beginning of the Civil War and mention soldiers in Chestertown, the other is on stationary with an image of Uncle Sam kicking Jeff Davis. There are also letters to two of Washington College’s presidents and Dr. Montgomery Jones. In Burchinal’s course...

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This collection contains an 1898 report card for Marion deKalb Smith, Jr. while at Washington College. There are also two copies of Smith’s biography published through the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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This collection contains an essay entitled “Were England and France Justifiable in Declaring War Against Russia?” Earle’s essay says the war was justified citing Russia’s treatment of Turkey and its continuous expansion.

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This collection contains a transcript of a letter written by Robert C. Thackery to the editor of The Cecil Whig. It was published in the June 14, 1870 paper. The letter was written in Chestertown, while Thackery was a student at Washington College. In this letter, Thackery laments the fact that people on the Eastern Shore are not sending their children to Washington College, and implores them to do so.

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This collection contains an 1831 Washington College report card for William N. Foreman.