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Preferred Citation

John M. Kirkpatrick and Rev. E.D. Saunders correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Barranger and Company, Inc.

Biographical / Historical

Rev. E.D. Saunders was the first President of the Petersburg Classical Insistute in Petersburg, Virginia. John M. Kirkpatrick was an instructor at the school and a Graduate of Washington College.

Content Description

One letter from John M. Kirkpatrick to Rev. E.D. Saunders, written on February 10, 1845. Kirkpatrick, a resident of Farmville, Virginia, is inquiring about a teaching job in the math department at Rev. Saunders' school in Petersburg, Virginia. E.D. Saunders was the first President of the Petersburg Classical Institute, a first-class boys preparatory institute. Kirkpatrick would become a teacher at the school.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by file.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Barranger & Company, Inc.
• Education
• Mathematics--Study and Teaching
• Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century