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Box 1

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Contains 209 Results:

70-2E (61). From A.T. Bledsoe; Sandusky, OH to W.H. McGuffey; Oxford, OH, 1837-01-17

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Topics discussed: Lotten's election as Chair of Rhetoric and Mental Philosophy at Miami University; Bledsoe's experiences at Miami; his new appointment at a church in Lexington, KY.

Dates: 1837-01-17

177-4A (63). From Noah Webster; New Haven, CT to Alexander McGuffey; Cincinnait, OH, 1837-03-03

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Topics discussed: McGuffey's adoption of Webster's orthography; objections to it as stated in a paper by Syman Cobb; importance of having uniform orthography in schools.

Dates: 1837-03-03

154-2BD (65). From Robert G. Wilson; Athens, OH to W.H. McGuffey; Cincinnati, OH, 1838-06-07

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Topics discussed: Communicates the resignation of the President of Ohio University; requests permission to present McGuffey to the Board as a candidate for this position and to ascertain the probability of McGuffey's acceptance, upon his possible election; details of theh President's salary and the college.

Dates: 1838-06-07

126-2AL (67). From Ohio University Board of Trustees (R. Stone, etc.) to W.H. McGuffey; Cincinnati, OH, 1838-09-09

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Topics discussed: Desire by the Board to have McGuffey as a candidate for the presidency of Ohio University; salary details and information about McGuffey's role as an instructor of mental and moral philosophy.

Dates: 1838-09-09