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In 1870 Leander decided to donate the largest telescope in the world to his home state of
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2002:Virginia Journal of International Law
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2009:Journal of Law & Politics
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498:Leander McCormick Observatory
268:Show map of the United States
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1989:University of Virginia Press
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533:Origin and construction
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1995:Virginia Law Review
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