About
John B. Minor joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1845 at the age of thirty-two. An 1834 graduate of the university, Minor began his teaching career following a decade in private practice. Minor, along with James P. Holcombe, directed the law program at UVA amidst national debates over slavery and ultimately during the Civil War. Following the war, Minor and his colleagues presided over a post-war enrollment boom that saw over 100 students in the law program. Meanwhile, Minor took an active role in reforming Virginia's public education system and published major legal works that established his reputation as one of the South's leading legal minds.
The papers offered here for transcription are wide and varied. They include Minor's lecture notes, legal work, documentation on slaves, correspondence about secession in the Civil War, and post-war politics. They shed important light on Virginia in the Civil War era and illuminate the development of legal education during a period of national upheaval and resonstruction.
Works
Letter from Minor to Browning Recommending the Law Summer Course, 31 January 1893
Letter from Minor to Manning, 18 February 1893
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Letter from Minor to McGowan, 3 September 1878
Letter from Mosby to Governor Recommending Minor for Judgeship, 25 April 1866
Letter from W Flannagan to Minor, 20 August 1877
Letter from Watson to Minor, 7 September 1870
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Letter Recounting Case Stated by Mssrs Firter and McLue, 30 January 1861
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Letter to Unnamed Recipient Discussing Peace Conference of 1861
Letter with Questions re Maria A Wise's Will, 3 July 1874
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Liability of Transferor of Negotiable Paper Without Endorsement, 5 Nov 1857