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Virginia Military Institute Report, July 1863 5

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Virginia Military Institute Report, July 1863 5
<B><I>Virginia Military Institute Report, July 1863</B></I></B></I> 5.75" x 9", 111 pages, gray cloth, later binding, a Virginia Military Institute July 1863 report by the Board of Visitors "<I>Document No.2</B></I>". Prepared under the direction of William H. Macfarland, President of the VMI Board of Visitors. The report was prepared for Virginia's Governor John Letcher. Macfarland was known in Richmond as the 'King of Hospitality'. In his cover letter to Letcher on page 3, Macfarland indicated the Board had been "<I>...attending the examination of the classes, witnessing the drills, investigating the government and condition of the institution, passing upon the admission of cadets, and disposing of other matters which claimed attention.</B></I>" The report details expenses at the Institute and payments to named individuals. At page 86 the Report addresses the "<I>The Maltreatment of Cadets</B></I>". The "initiation" practices at VMI are examined in the six pages that follow and are a rare look behind the scenes of the Institute less than a year before many of its cadets would be slain at the Battle of New Market. In good condition with light foxing, the volume includes four loose pages of additional Superintendent's reports.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Collectibles (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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