Richard C. Witt letter to Thomas W. Harris
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Richard C. Witt letter to Thomas W. Harris
- Date
- 1831 November 7
- Creator
- Witt, Richard C.
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- 2018ms054: [identification of item], Richard C. Witt letter to Thomas W. Harris, 1831 November 7, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Richard C. Witt worked as a lecturer at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831.
- Scope and Content
- The Richard C. Witt letter to Thomas W. Harris (dated 1831 November 7; 0.01 cubic feet; 1 item) consists of a letter written by a lecturer at Transylvania University describing the university and Lexington. The letter written to Thomas W. Harris, a physician and first Dean of the University of North Carolina University Medical School, mentions other professors at Transylvania, including Charles Caldwell, Benjamin Winslow Dudley, William Hall Richardson, and Lunsford Pitts Yandell. He describes Lexington as "quite a handsome place but it cannot rank with Nashville in pound of beauty."
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Richard C. Witt letter to Thomas W. Harris, 1831 November 7
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