WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY,
\wˈɒʃɪŋtən and lˈiː jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsɪtˌi], \wˈɒʃɪŋtən and lˈiː jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsɪtˌi], \w_ˈɒ_ʃ_ɪ_ŋ_t_ə_n a_n_d l_ˈiː j_ˌuː_n_ɪ_v_ˈɜː_s_ɪ_t_ˌi]\
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Lexington, Va. An academy founded about 1773, and called Liberty Hall, was chartered in 1782, and named in 1796 Washington College in honor of a gift received from George Washington. In 1870 at the death of General R. E. Lee, its president, the name was changed to its present form. A law school was founded in 1867.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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