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    <abstract id="aspace_25a9856b6e62ba9a37ac174516d6ea7d">Miscellaneous papers collected by R. L. Hays include promissory notes from 1827, 1842, 1844, and 1865; a letter by H. N. Ogden to Peregrine Hays, 27 October 1890, regarding instruction in English being given by Ogden at West Virginia University and the number of students allowed in his courses; and a printed list of the courses offered by Ogden with a brief description of each course.</abstract>
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    <subject source="ingest">Education. SEE ALSO Schools.</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Hays, Peregrine.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Hays, R. L.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Norris, William.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Ogden, H.N.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Queen, William.</persname>
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