Jefferson College

college, Mississippi, United States

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In Mississippi: Education
…survive the American Civil War, Jefferson College (founded in 1802) was among the earliest public postsecondary institutions in the country. Elizabeth Female Academy (founded in 1818) is considered by some historians to be the first women’s college. In the late 19th century the Mississippi legislature allocated a portion of the…
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In Natchez
…east in Washington is Historic Jefferson College (1802–63; 1866–1964), which Jefferson Davis briefly attended; it was on its campus under the “Burr Oaks” that Aaron Burr was given one of his trials for treason (1807), and there the state’s first constitutional convention was held (1817) in a Methodist church building.…
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