Word: letter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following letter describing crew life at New London has been written for the DAILY CRIMSON by a well-known member of the crew...
Samuel J. Tilden has written a letter in which he positively declines to accept the Democratic nomination to the presidency...
...succession to Dr. Hawtrey, the first favorite for the post was Rey. Edward Coleridge, a fellow, who was so confident of his success that he boasted on the morining of the election that he had his appointment in his pocket in the shape of a pressing letter from the Duke of Newcastle, representing the Government of the day. Two hours later came Osborne "requiring" the fellows to "elect and chosse" Dr. Goodford. The new provost must be a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, of the degree of M. A., Thirty-five years old, and not necessarily in orders. The appointment...
...reports have been circulated that Mr. Grandgent, of the class of '83, who is at present studying in Germany by means of this fellowship, has been suffering from an attack of Roman fever, we are glad to state, through the kindness of a gentleman who has recently received a letter from Mr. Grandgent, that the latter has never been in better health in the last eight months. During the past year Mr. Grandgent has been studying Italian, but has recently moved to Leipsig where he has been matriculated at the University of Leipsig. Here he has been pursuing his studies...
President White of Cornell University has received a letter from Hiram Sibley, making the following donations to the university: For an additional building for the Sibley Mechanic Art School, $30,000; for increased equipment, $8,000; for an increased endowment for the same department...