Wilson College

Original Price: $8.95
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Stock #: 264506
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Chambersburg
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Franklin
Publisher: Kelley's Studio
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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One of the oldest colleges for women in the US was opened in "Norland," former home of Col. A.K. McClure in 1870. Col. McClure, a newspaper publisher was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Norland was partially destroyed by fire by Confederate Cavalry in 1864 when the town of Chambersburg was burned for refusing to pay a ransom to save the town

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