" Yours truly, S. A. Smith Colonel W. T. SHERMAN. Sir: I am instructed by the Board of Supervisors of this institution to present a copy of the resolutions adopted by them at their last meeting "Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Supervisors are due, and are hereby tendered, to Colonel William T. Sherman for the able and efficient manner in which he has conducted the affairs of the seminary during the time the institution has been under his control–a period attended with unusual difficulties, requiring on the part of the superintendent to successfully overcome them a high order of administrative talent.

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