Hector James McNeill letters, 1852-1854.

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Hector James McNeill letters, 1852-1854.

The collection consists of three letters from Hector James McNeill to his parents, Daniel C. McNeill and Ann McNeill, at St. Pauls, Robeson County, N.C., discussing activities at the University of North Carolina; friends and relatives; trips to and from Chapel Hill, N.C.; and other matters.

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McNeill, Hector James, d. 1860.

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Hector James McNeill was a student at the University of North Carolina who received an A.B. degree in 1855. From the description of Hector James McNeill letters, 1852-1854. WorldCat record id: 23229065 Hector James McNeill was a student at the University of North Carolina. The UNC Alumni History states that McNeill received his A.B. in 1855 and died in 1860. Kemp P. Battle's History of the University of North Carolina calls him a Presbyterian preacher and a colonel. ...

McNeill, Daniel C., fl. 1852-1854.

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McNeill, Ann, fl. 1852-1854.

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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...