1877 Manuscript Letter from the President of Columbia College to a Renowned Columbia Professor
12359On offer is a letter written and signed by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889) while he was working as the president of Columbia College (now Columbia University).
Written on Columbia College, President's Room letterhead, this letter is dated May 10, 1877. In the letter, Barnard introduces Professor John William Burgess to Reverend George W. Douglas and suggests Douglas is "quite worthy of your courtesies".
John William Burgess was a pioneering American political scientist. He spent most of his career at Columbia University and is regarded as having been "the most influential political scientist of the period.
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard was deaf and an educator in science and mathematics who taught at the University of Alabama from 1837-1854. He later served as president of the University of Mississippi and Columbia College (now Columbia University), and Barnard College, for women, established immediately after his death, was named in his honour. Barnard advocated for equal educational opportunities for men and women.
This letter is written on one page measuring 8 x 5 inches, G condition. Small marking on the back where the letter appears to have ones been affixed to another piece of paper.
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