Malcolm Douglas papers, 1809-1886 [manuscript].

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Malcolm Douglas papers, 1809-1886 [manuscript].

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Letters from Henry Douglas, U.S. Army officer, to his brothers, Andrew Douglas, curator of the New York Museum of Natural History, and Malcolm Douglas, Ohio clergyman. These letters were written from Washington Territory, describing the country, flora and fauna, and army duties, 1856; from Ohio, about his promotion, 1866; and from Kansas, about the death of his wife, 1868. Also included are letters, 1885-1886, including descriptions of Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina, and people on campus, to Malcolm Douglas from Prof. Charles Phillips of the University; and a manuscript catalog, 1821, of the library of Benjamin Hale (1797-1863), president of Hobart College, New York.

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Douglas, Henry, fl. 1856-1868.

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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889

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Charles Phillips (1822-1889) was the son of James and Julia Vermeule Phillips of Chapel Hill, N.C. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1841; a tutor, 1844-1854; professor of mathematics, 1854-1868 and 1875-1879; and professor emeritus, 1879-1889. He taught at Davidson College, 1868-1874. Cornelia Phillips (1825-1908) daughter of James and Julia Vermeule Phillips, married James Munroe Spencer in 1855 and went with him to Alabama. At his death in 1861, s...

Hobart College

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Hale, Benjamin, 1797-1863

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Educator. Professor of chemistry, Dartmouth College, 1827-1835; president, Hobart College, 1836-1858. From the description of Letters, 1827-1831, to Mary C. K. Hale. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122570288 ...

Douglas, Andrew, fl. 1856-1868.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Douglas, Malcolm, fl. 1856-1886.

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Clergyman of Ohio. From the description of Malcolm Douglas papers, 1809-1886 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23158714 Malcolm Douglas (fl. 1856-1886) was a clergyman of Ohio. From the guide to the Malcolm Douglas Papers, ., 1809-1886, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...