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The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 4 | 2 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: July 23, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blair , James , 1656 -1743 (search)
Blair, James, 1656-1743
Educator; born in Scotland in 1656; was sent to Virginia as a missionary in 1865 and in 1692 obtained the charter of William and Mary College, of which he was the first president.
He published The state of his Majesty's colony in Virginia, in 1727.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Aug. 1, 1743.<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), William and Mary, College of (search)
William and Mary, College of
The second of the higher institutions of learning established in the English-American colonies.
An effort was made in 1619 to establish a college in Virginia, but the massacre in 1622 put an end to the enterprise.
In 1660-61 the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act for the establishment and endowment of a college, and in 1693 a charter was obtained from the crown of England, chiefly through the efforts of Rev. James Blair and of Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson.
It was named William and Mary, in compliment to the ruling sovereigns, who made appropriations for its support.
Buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren were erected at the Middle Plantation, which was named Williamsburg.
The first college edifice was destroyed by fire in 1705 and was rebuilt soon afterwards.
The General Assembly and individuals made liberal gifts to the institution from time to time, and in 1776 it was the wealthiest
William and Mary College in 1723. college in Am