William Mercer Green Papers, 1843-1887

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William Mercer Green Papers, 1843-1887

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William Mercer Green was born in Wilmington, N.C.; graduated from the University of North Carolina; and in 1837 became Episcopal chaplain and professor of belles-lettres at his alma mater. He became the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi in 1849. He was also instrumental in the founding of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and became its chancellor in 1867. The collection includes diary entries William Mercer Green made on a trip in 1818 from Wilmington, N.C., to Wilmington, Del., with especially detailed comments on sites in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; diary entries made by Mary Sheppard on a trip from Warren County, N.C., to Bedford County, Tenn., in 1822; a record, 1843, of subscribers for the erection of a church at Chapel Hill, N.C.; a memorandum book Green kept while he was a professor at the University of North Carolina, 1848-1849; two letters to Green from Charles Phillips in Chapel Hill, 1887, reminiscing and giving news of Chapel Hill; and articles about Green.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi. From the description of William Mercer Green papers, 1833-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657647634 William Mercer Green was born in Wilmington, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina, and in 1837 became Episcopal chaplain and professor of belles-lettres at his alma mater. He became the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi in 1849. He was also instrumental in the founding of the University of the Sout...