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Charles Scott Venable to R. Hall McCormick, [1880] August 20

Regrets that his father, Leander McCormick, has not yet heard from General Johnston about the exact condition of the subscription list to the telescope fund, but says that they still lack $12,000 to complete the conditions imposed by [William H.] Vanderbilt. General Johnston was sick for much of May and June, thus delaying the work but they hope to complete the subscription amount by November.

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Charles Venable to Leander J. McCormick, 1881 December 6

Points out the difficulties and disadvantages in hiring a temporary person for astronomer and director of the observatory as opposed to securing a permanent astronomer determined to make the observatory his life work; also thanks McCormick for the scholarship sponsored by him.

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Dr. James F. Harrison, Chairman of the Faculty, to Charles E. Haas, Attorney at Law, Harrisonburg, 1884 July 10

Forwards a resolution, dated June 26, 1884, from a meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors copied by William A. Winston, Secretary of the Board of Visitors, assuring McCormick the fund he has donated to the University will not be diverted in any manner for any other purposes than what he intended.

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Dr. James F. Harrison, Chairman of the Faculty, to Charles E. Haas, Attorney at Law, Harrisonburg, 1884 July 16

Forwards a resolution, dated June 28, 1884, from a meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors copied by William A. Winston, Secretary of the Board of Visitors, accepting "the recommendation of the Faculty in regard to the removal of the limitations upon the Corcoran and McCormick scholarships be adopted; and that the nominees to these scholarships be allowed to enter any school of the University without payment of fees."

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Dr. James F. Harrison, Chairman of the Faculty, to Leander J. McCormick, 1882 September 14

Encloses a copy of a resolution from a meeting of the Board of Visitors dated September 6, 1882, setting up three free scholarships, the McCormick and Vanderbilt Scholarships for the study of practical astronomy, and the Corcoran Scholarship for academic study, copied by William A. Winston, Secretary of the Board of Visitors.

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  3. Series I. Correspondence of Leander J. McCormick with Charles Scott Venable, Chairman of the Faculty, and other representatives of the University of Virginia

Dr. James F. Harrison, Chairman of the Faculty, to Leander J. McCormick, 1882 September 22

Informs McCormick that the Executive Committee has removed the Leander J. McCormick Scholarship restrictions for the next session so that the appointee would be free to choose any of the academic schools.

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  2. Leander McCormick Observatory Papers
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George D. Johnston, Ocean House, Newport, Rhode Island to Leander J. McCormick, 1880 August 23

Notifies McCormick that they have raised about sixty-three thousand dollars for the McCormick Telescope Fund.

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