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a member of Congress & a Col. in the army. Mr. White
has been also a member of Congress & Speaker of the
House. He fell by his own hand a few years ago
having committed suicide in Richmond, Kenty being
at the time a Circuit Judge. Alber G. Harrison
of Montgomery County, was afterwards Clerk
of the House of Rep. in Missouri & a Representative
in Congress; Charles S. Morehead at present
the Repr. in Congress from the Lexington
District in Kentucky. John Jamison at present
a Repr. in Congress from Missouri (possibly he
did not graduate until the next year) two
sons of Chancellor Bibb. Judge Bodley at present
of Vicksburg. Richard [Card?], Chartton Hunt & others.
Algernon graduated in 1822, also with considerable
reputation. Thomas was at the time he
graduated & afterwards, a member of several
societies in Lexington. His diploma & other papers
were left in Tallahasee, Florida in 1829 & have
been lost, so that I have never been able to get
them.
Mr. Holly was a member & minister of the Unitarian
Church in Massachusetts at the time
he was appointed President of "Transylvania
University". I think he performed religious services
in the Chapel of the University occasionally.
He was very learned; of surpassing eloquence; his
elocution was the very best I ever heard; his person
uncommonly fine - noble face, almost entirely
ball'd headed - unrivalled for his faculty of
imparting instruction, gay, pleasant, facetious
& witty - dressed elegantly was fond of company
visited the race field, balls, parties, &c. and was
the very life & love of all convivial parties.