File #3875: "1901-1902 Catalog, V.U. History, V.U. Claim Litigation."

1901-1902 Catalog, V.U. History, V.U. Claim Litigation.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 12-13. Left page: HISTORY, cont.: Describes the land grant, Albert Gallatin's choice of land, approval of William Henry Harrison in 1806, and first Board of Trustees: William Henry Harrison, John Gibson Sr., Henry Vanderburgh, John Badollet, Nathaniel Ewing, John Rice Jones, Elias McNamee, Samuel Gwathney, Luke Decker, Francis Vigo, James Johnson, George Wallace, Jr., General Washington Johnston. Right page: First Board, cont.: Waller Taylor, John Johnson, Jacob Kuykendall, William Bullett. Describes first Board meeting in December 1806, beginning of instruction under Rev. Samuel Scott as President in 1810, including the elementary branches. UNIVERSITY CLAIM: Describes confiscation of land by the State without authority of law; multiple demands by the University that the state make proper restitution; proof that the University has a proper claim.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1901-1902

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