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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)

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Inauguration of Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri, April 23, 1857, Programs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00015
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 14 copies of the inaugural program for Washington University. The program includes introductory remarks by Rev. Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot (President of the Corporation), and addresses by J.D. Low (Principal of the Academic Department), John How (Former St. Louis Mayor and President of the O’Fallon Polytechnic Institute), Samuel Treat (Judge of the United States Court District of Missouri), Rev. Dr. Post (Professor of Ancient and Modern History) and Edward...