John M. Stone Papers

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Description

David F. Boyd, former president of Lousiana State University, write to Stone offering his services as a professor. Boyd states his experience which includes working with William T. Sherman at LSU, president of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical college, serving with Generals Dick Taylor and Kirby Smith in the Civil War, and being appointed by Sherman, at the request of the Khedive of Egypt in 1875, as president of the Military College of Egypt. May 8, 1899.

Publication Date

5-8-1899

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Colleges and Universities; Mississippi State University; Stone, John Marshall (1830-1900)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

letter

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

JMS_Folder02_Item015

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, University Archives Division, John M. Stone Papers, Correspondence-B

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

John M. Stone Papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries