Collections : [Wesleyan University -Special Collections and Archives]

William P. Lyon Collection, 1840 - 1841

Abstract Or Scope

William Phoebus Lyon (1813-1884), was the founder and senior principal of the Irving Institute, a private boarding school for boys in Tarrytown, New York. On August 5, 1840, the honorary degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Wesleyan University. In the summer of 1841, Lyon traveled to Middletown in order to observe the final examinations of the Wesleyan student body.

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