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  • Collection: American University: The Formative Years

RG1.01.04.06.pdf
Letter from D. J. Howell to Rev. Charles Baldwin 1894 September 18 offering to confer about the engineering work involved in execution the landscape architect's plans.

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Typed letter from Albert Osborn to Rev. Jesse Hurlbut 1904 September 23 asking him to reconcile a discrepancy concerning the date John F. Hurst telegraphed T. W. Talmadge from New Decatur, Alabama, telling him "to close bargain" for the Davies Tract.…

RG1.01.04.08.pdf
Letter from D. J. Howell to Rev. Charles Baldwin 1892 January 4 sending him maps and offering to enlarge a small topographic map. Howell offers to study the question of "walks, dorms and buildings."

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Letter from C. M. Matthews to Rev. C. W. Baldwin 1892 January 9.

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General letter from John Hurst looking for investors to purchase more land on the American University site, referenced as the "Davies Tract."

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General letter from John Hurst looking for investors to purchase more land on the American University site, referenced as the "Davies Tract."

RG1.01.04.12.pdf
General letter from John Hurst looking for investors to purchase more land on the American University site, referenced as the "Davies Tract."

RG1.01.04.13.pdf
List of individuals and their investment in the land (the "Davies tract") on which AU sits. Promise to pay to Matthew Emory, president of Second National Bank, Washington DC

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Letter from the bank explaining to Chancellor Franklin Hamilton that the bank still had the old deed of release from John Hurst. "It's nice that they sent that. Someone else could claim they own AU's land if they got a hold of that!"

RG1.01.05.02.pdf
Deed for the land AU sits on showing that John F. Hurst paid 100,000 dollars paid to Achsah C. Davis. It includes a detailed description of the property.
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