CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HON. H. N. M'ALLISTER MEMORIAL - PENNSYLVANIA
Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, and Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. H. N. M'Allister, of Centre County, Pa. Delivered May 5th and 6th, 1873. A biography of the deceased is added. Published Philadelphia: Inquirer Book and Job Print, 1873. This cloth-covered hardback book contains 112 pages, 8vo. Nice engraving of Hon. M'Allister as frontispiece. Light wear to corners and edges, minimal soiling. [Signed on front endpaper "John Hamilton 1873"]
Hugh Nelson McAllister (1809-1873)
A Bellefonte attorney and a founding member of Penn State's Board of Trustees, McAllister supervised day-to-day operations during the University's start-up phase. As the architect of the original Old Main, he literally helped get the fledgling institution off the ground. He was James A. Beaver's father-in-law and law partner.
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