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Washington and Lee University

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Corporate name headingWashington and Lee University
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See alsoWashington College (Lexington, Va.)
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Special noteOld catalog hdg.: Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
Found inNUCMC data from Washington and Lee Univ. Lib. for Davidson family. Papers, 1810-1894 (Washington College, Lexington, Va.)
Ohles, J. Private Colleges and Universities, 1982: p. 1346, etc. (Washington and Lee University; Augusta Academy was established in 1749 in Augusta Co., Va.; Hanover Presbytery assumed control of school in 1776 and changed name to Liberty Hall Academy; school moved to Lexington, Va., in 1780; granted college charter by Va. Gen. Assembly in 1782; name changed in 1798 to Washington Academy; name changed in 1813 to Washington College; name changed in 1871 to Washington and Lee University)