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Preferred Citation

Benjamin Sherrod Student Notebook, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Nettie Sherrod Champneys in September 1943.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Benjamin Sherrod's student notebook, while attending William & Mary in May 1799. It includes notes taken on Rousseau's Social Contract and Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations , confirming that both texts were studied at W&M.

Related Material

University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--History--18th century
• College of William and Mary--Students
• Curriculum

General

Removed from the Faculty-Alumni File Collection in 2016