Guide to the J.E. B_____, Jr. , Letter MSS.1946
B_____, J.E.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
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J.E. B____, Jr., Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1946
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter)
- Dates:
1870 March 9
- Abstract:
Letter written by J.E. B____, Jr., a student at Lake Forest Academy in Illinois, to an unidentified friend. He writes about preparing for a class that will assure his entrance into Kenyon College, explaining that he will be required to read Homer and Xenophon's Anabasis in Greek.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a letter written in 1870 by J.E. B____ to a friend. At the time the letter was written J.E.B____, Jr., was a student at Lake Forest Academy in Illinois, preparing for a class that would assure his entrance into Kenyon College, and explaining that he will be required to read Homer and Xenophon's Anabasis in Greek.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
J.E. B____, Jr., Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
J.E.B____, Jr., was a student of Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois in 1870.
Letter Box SC0001 Folder 1946.1
Letter from J.E.B, Jr., Lake Forest, Illinois, to friend, March 9, 1870 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22223