Archibald McLauchlin Correspondence, 1846-1860

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Archibald McLauchlin Correspondence, 1846-1860

Archibald McLauchlin Correspondence, 1846-1860

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Archibald McLauchlin was born circa 1835. He was a student at the University of North Carolina from 1853 to 1856. After graduation, he returned to his hometown of Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C., to teach. A private in the Confederate Army, he died of typhoid fever in 1861. The collection includes correspondence, 1846-1860, between Archibald McLauchlin and his friends and family. Most of the letters are from McLauchlin's time at the University of North Carolina. McLauchlin's letters describe a geology walk with Professor Elisha Mitchell, student mischief, the shortage of lodging for students, the student code, and the election of student officers. Included are two letters written to McLauchlin by his fellow student H. G. Livingston. There is also correspondence between McLauchlin and his cousins and siblings.

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