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Book/Printed Material First annual address to the law graduates of Allen University, class '84

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Title

  • First annual address to the law graduates of Allen University, class '84

Summary

  • Straker, a law professor and dean of the Law Department at Allen University, offers advice to law graduates about how to succeed in law, holding up Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips as models.

Names

  • Straker, D. Augustus (David Augustus), -1908
  • Allen University
  • Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925, donor
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Atlanta, Georgia : Jas. P. Harrison & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1885.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Education (Higher)--South Carolina
  • -  African American lawyers--South Carolina
  • -  Allen University

Genre

  • Baccalaureate addresses--South Carolina--Columbia--1884

Notes

  • -  LC copy stamped in ink on p. [2]: The bequest of Daniel Murray, Washington, D.C. Has inscription in ink on blank page following p. 10: To Augustus Straker. Argument at Oct. term Circuit Court of South Carolina in Bethel A.M.E. Church case. Oct. 1886. Columbia, S.C. 1886. "1886" is deleted and replaced in pencil with "1887"; these notes refer to Daniel Murray Pamphlet vol. B., no. 2.

Medium

  • 10 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. B, no. 1

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898301

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Straker, D. Augustus , -1908, Allen University, Daniel Alexander Payne Murray, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. First annual address to the law graduates of Allen University, class '84. Atlanta, Georgia: Jas. P. Harrison & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1885. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898301/.

APA citation style:

Straker, D. A., Allen University, Murray, D. A. P. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1885) First annual address to the law graduates of Allen University, class '84. Atlanta, Georgia: Jas. P. Harrison & Co., Printers and Publishers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898301/.

MLA citation style:

Straker, D. Augustus , -1908, et al. First annual address to the law graduates of Allen University, class '84. Atlanta, Georgia: Jas. P. Harrison & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1885. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898301/>.