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1. Biography of James Power Smith - 1896

   The first two pages of this three-page series are a draft of the third page. James Power Smith was born July 4, 1837, at New Athens, Ohio. His father, the Reverend Joseph Smith, was president of a college in that city. His mother, Eliza Bell. was from Winchester, Virginia. He graduated in 1856 from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, and was also graduated from Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In May 1861, he enlist...

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2. Letter from Edward Bowyer to Gilmer Breckinridge - November 1, 1857 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835

   Letter headed "Philadelphia, Nov 1st 1857" from Edward F. Bowyer to Gilmer Breckinridge, telling of life at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, about his studies where he has six regular lectures and two private tickets (usually at night) which keeps him pretty busy, he thinks the medical college is fine, and considers the University of Virginia much the best school for learning the theoretical part, tells about "money matters being pr...

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