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Excerpt from An Appeal From the Alumni of the University of Alabama: To the Legislature of the State, for an Equitable Adjustment of the Claim of Their Alma Mater Against the State of Alabama
I feel that I am entitled to this indulgence on your part, Ist, Because of the difficulty, if not impossibility, of presenting in a connected and condensed form the facts and history of this claim, extending as it does through a period of seventy-five years, and scattered as it is through so many volumes. Zud, Because I am the representative of over two thousand intelli gent, useful, and prominent citizens of'the State, who entreat you to hear me for their cause. Grd, Because, as the law-makers of a great commonwealth, you should fully understand the nature of this claim, on account of the momentous results to the State, in the proper understanding and adjustment of the same. In my effort to give a true history of this claim, and to pre sent the same intelligently and fairly, I have carefully exam ined and studied all the books of account in the archives of the University, all the acts of the General Assembly, and all the publications heretofore made on the subject and I here make acknowledgements for assistance received from addresses made by Rev. John W. Pratt, Hon. George D. Shortridge, Gov. Henry W. Collier, and Joseph W. Taylor, Esq. To the His tory of Education in Alabama, by Hon. W. G. Clark, with notes by W. S. Wyman, LL. D., I am also indebted. From some of these publications, and from an article in the Atlanta Constitution of June I sth, 1895, I have obtained valuable suggestions, and have, in a few instances, used almost the ex act language of the authors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
