Education Convention of Northwestern Virginia.

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Corporate author / creator:Virginia. Governor (1841-1842 : Rutherfoord)
Imprint:[Richmond, Virginia?] : [publisher not identified], [1841]
Description:1 online resource (41 pages)
Language:English
Series:Doc. ; no. 7
House document (Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates) ; 1841, no. 7.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13459918
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Other uniform titles:Education Convention of Northwestern Virginia (1841 : Clarksburg, W. Va.). Proceedings of the Education Convention of Northwestern Virginia.
Other authors / contributors:Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates.
Notes:Letter of transmittal from John Rutherfoord, Executive Department, is to the Speaker of the House of Delegates and is dated December 13, 1841.
Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed June 7, 2022).
Summary:1841 proceedings of the Education Convention of Northwestern Virginia held in Clarksburg, Virginia, beginning on September 8th. Included was a proposal for a system of public education in the state, as well as an address on that topic.
Other form:Print version: Education Convention of Northwestern Virginia (1841 : Clarksburg). Proceedings. Wheeling? 1841?]
Table of Contents:
  • Conference proceedings: [Call to order and names of delegates]
  • Letter from Judge Duncan / E.S. Duncan
  • Project, based for a law upon the public education in Virginia / John D.D. Rosset
  • Outlines of a plan for the improvement of common schools in Virginia / prepared at the request of the Kanawha Lyceum, by Henry Ruffner
  • Address of the Education Convention, held at Clarksburg, Sept. 8, 1841 / George W. Thompson [and 6 others], Committee
  • Memorial of the Education Convention, assembled at Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia, September 8th and 9th, 1841 / Thomas Townsend [and 6 others], Committee
  • Education Convention : correspondence
  • An address to the Convention assembled at Clarksburg, Virginia, on the subject of primary or common schools, September 8, 1841 / A. Campbell.