Henry Ruffner papers

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-8

Identifier: WLU-Coll-0102

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes three manuscript novellas written by Henry Ruffner including a draft of his published work titled "Judith Bensaddi"; six sermons in Henry Ruffner's hand, Washington College student James S. Richeson's handwritten transcript of one of Ruffner's lectures on "Political Economy"(1840); a 20th cenury typescript copy of Ruffner's 1847 pamphlet regarding slavery in Virginia; an 1867 letter relating to property of Ruffner's estate by his widow, Laura Ruffner; Henry Ruffner's bound manuscript for the Early History of Washington College (c.1857) - this volume includes notes of Henry Ruffner's son, William Henry Ruffner; and a letter dated January 20, 1897 written from a Union army veteran to the Washington College library concerning a book he removed from the school's library during General David Hunter's 1864 occupation of Lexington, Virginia.

Dates

Creation: Inclusive c.1815(?)-1867

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