INAUGUEAL ADDRESS 



DELIVERED IN 



THE STATE HOUSE, DEC. 1, 1857, 



BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH 

 CAROLINA COLLEGE. 



BY JOHN LECONTE, M. D., 



PROFESSOR OF NATURAL AND MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY. 





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COLUMBIA, S. C.I 

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