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Preferred Citation

Woodson C. Moody Certificates, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Scope and Contents

Collection includes three certificates issued to Woodson C. Moody, while a student at William & Mary. He attended 1836-1838, 1846-1847. The earliest certificate is dated July 4, 1837 and acknowledges Moody's success "to the studies of Belles Lettres, Logic and Moral Philosophy." It is signed by faculty members Thomas Dew, Dabney Browne, Robert Saunders, Beverley Tucker, and John Millington. It features the Temple seal. The second certificate is dated July 4, 1838 and acknowledges Moody's success "to the study of National Law." It is signed by the same faculty members as the 1837 certificate and also features the Temple seal. The third certificate is dated July 4, 1847. It acknowledges his success "to the studies of Political Economy and Metaphysics." It is signed by faculty members Robert Saunders, Beverley Tucker, John Millington, and Charles Minnegerode. It features the Temple seal.

Related Material

University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--Faculty
• College of William and Mary--History--19th century
• College of William and Mary--Students
• Moody, Woodson C.

General

Removed from the Faculty-Alumni File Collection in 2016