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N. J., have kindly loaned letters addressed to their father; 

 many thanks are due to M. F. Dickinson, Esq., of Boston, 

 for letters, papers, and valuable suggestions. Major Thomas 

 McManus of the 25th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers 

 and the Honorable William R. Sessions, for many years 

 Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, 

 have contributed important facts, one in regard to the 

 soldier, the other in regard to the affairs of the College. 

 Professor William P. Brooks and Professor George F. Mills, 

 for many years associated with President Goodell in the 

 Faculty of the College, have been very kind in furnish- 

 ing information of great value on important subjects; and 

 many of the graduates of the College have contributed 

 interesting incidents and characterizations. 



