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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], William Paxton Houston Papers, WLU Coll. 0068, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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Gift of Louise Houston Alexander in 1947.
William Paxton Houston was the judge of the Rockbridge County Court House in Lexington, Va., 1837.
Includes letters written to Houston (1900-1902) when he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee University; papers, notebook, clippings concerning the issue of sectarianism at Washington and Lee. Correspondents include David Carlisle Humphreys, William Caruthers Preston, Henry St. George.