College Essays; Item 04-017: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Draft of a letter to the president extolling the virtues of republican government as the culmination of historical trends, touched by the hand of god, and less likely to fall as other civilizations had before it; 6) Transcript exists, see 04-025; 7) Text fading along creases, somewhat stained, second sheet badly battered along bottom edge, undated

College Essays; Item 04-017: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Draft of a letter to the president extolling the virtues of republican government as the culmination of historical trends, touched by the hand of god, and less likely to fall as other civilizations had before it; 6) Transcript exists, see 04-025; 7) Text fading along creases, somewhat stained, second sheet badly battered along bottom edge, undated, Box: 4, Folder: 3. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/46019 Accessed May 04, 2024.