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| | WOODBURN MSS. |
 | | The Woodburn mss., 1795-1942, consist of letters and papers of four generations of the Woodburn family, James Woodburn, 1748-1812, farmer; Dorrance Beatty Woodburn, 1786- 1856, farmer and teacher; James Woodburn, 1817-1865, teacher; and James Albert Woodburn, 1856-1943, historian. |
 | | James Woodburn, 1817-1865, son of Dorrance Beatty Woodburn, 1786-1856, was born in Chester County, South Carolina, and moved with his family to Monroe County, Indiana, in 1830. |
 | | From 1844-1853 he was a teacher in the Bloomington, Indiana, schools and from 1853 to his death in 1865 was principal of the Preparatory Department of Indiana University. |
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