 Francis Julius LeMoyne, a trustee and 1815 graduate of Washington College, led the Board's investigation of Professor Richard Henry Lee, a native of Virginia, who was suspected of not selling his family slaves when he was hired by the college.This controversy a marked contrast to what would have happened at Jefferson College, which catered to a southern clientele.By 1865, the Jefferson College and Washington colleges faced situation where unification was the only way to survive.