From the Richmond Enquirer, 1/8/1861, p. 3, c. 1
[Excerpt of
letter from Gov. Letcher]
THE VIRGINIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE.
The reports of the Superintendent and Board of Visitors of
this flourishing and valuable Institution, are herewith transmitted. The
Institution is managed with very great ability, and has secured a strong hold
upon popular favor. Its merits are well attested by the extraordinary success
which has attended it. It is second only to the West Point Academy in its system
of instruction and in the number of the cadets. At this crisis in our affairs
this Institution deserves to be fostered and liberally sustained. It prepares
our youth thoroughly for the performance of military duties, and in these
troublous and perilous times, we know not at what moment such information will
be called into requisition for the protection of the honor, the preservation of
the rights and the maintenance of the institutions of the Commonwealth. I
recommend these reports and their recommendations to your favorable
consideration.
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