Correspondence

Author

Jeremiah Gage

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Identifier

Gage_b1f23

Publication Date

1858

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Description

Student composition, by Jeremiah Gage, concerning the origin of language as evidenced by the Bible's Book of Genesis, chapter 2 verses 19-20. Page 2 includes a key to editing marks.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Language and languages -- Etymology; University of Mississippi -- Students; Religion; Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Gage family -- Correspondence

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Archival Material

Original Format

correspondence

City

Oxford (Miss.)

Original Collection

Gage Family Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.

Composition on the Origin of Language

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