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University of Virginia. 



Address. Charlottesville, Va. President : E. A. Alderman. 

 History. Established by act of the State legislature Jan. 19, 1819, which 

 provided for the acceptance of the property of Central College (char- 

 tered in 1803 as Albemarle Academy; name changed to Central College 

 in 1816; corner stone laid Oct. 6, 1817) ; opened for instruction Mar. 

 7, 1825. 



Ref. : Early history of the University of Virginia, as contained in the letters 

 of Thomas Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell, hitherto unpublished; with an 

 appendix . . . and an introduction, comprising a brief historical sketch 

 of the university [etc.] Ed. by N. F. Cabell. Richmond, Va., 1856. 8. 

 Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia, by H. B. Adams. 

 Washington, 1888. 8. (U. S. Bureau of education. Circular of infor- 

 mation, no. i, 1888.) Jefferson, Cabell and the University of Virginia, 

 by J. S. Patton. New York and Washington, 1906. 8. 



Publications. 



Annals of mathematics, v. I-XII, 1884/85-1898/99. Charlottesville 

 [1885-99]. 4- 



Index to v. 1-12 (i. e. 1st series) in v. 12. 



For continuation, see Harvard university (p. 143). 



Publications of the Leander McCormick observatory, v. I, pt. 1-7; v. 



II, pt. i. Charlottesville, 1883-1901. 4. 



University of Virginia monographs, School of Teutonic languages, no. 

 I -VI. [1899-1902]. 8. 



Ph. D. theses, except [no. 4] which has title Textual notes for the tales of 



Edgar Allan Poe, by R. A. Stewart. (12.) 



no. 3, 5 have series title University of Virginia Studies in Teutonic 

 languages. 



The University of Virginia in the life of the nation. [Charlottesville, 



1905]- 8. ' 

 Virginia Historical Society. 



Address. 707 E. Franklin Street, Richmond, Va. Corresponding Secre- 

 tary and Librarian : William G. Stannard. 



History. Organized Dec. 29, 1831, as the Virginia Historical and Philo- 

 sophical Society; suspended after a few years' activity and reorganized 

 in 1847 under the present name. Library and manuscript collection; 

 gallery of historical pictures, and collection of historical relics and 

 curiosities. Home of the society presented to it in 1893 on condition of 

 occupancy. 



Object. Collection, preservation and dissemination of information in regard to 

 everything relating to the history, antiquities and literature of the State of Virginia 

 particularly, and the United States in general. 



