Mattie Holton Wilcox papers, 1878 [manuscript].

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Mattie Holton Wilcox papers, 1878 [manuscript].

The collection is six letters, 1878, from Maurice Wilcox, a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., to his mother; three letters to Maurice Wilcox from friends; an account of Wilcox's expenses at U.N.C.; and a tuition bill. Topics of correspondence include Maurice Wilcox's studies, his friends, boarding, and literary societies. Also included are microfilmed letters (1802-1807, 1851) from Daniel Webster to his friend Reverend Thomas A. Merrill, a teacher at Hanover, N.H., and Middelbury, Vt.

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

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...

Wilcox, Maurice, 1860-1879.

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Wilcox, Mattie Holton, 1833-1904.

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Mattie Holton Wilcox (1833-1904) lived in Warrenton, N.C., and was the mother of Maurice Wilcox (1860-1879). From the description of Mattie Holton Wilcox papers, 1878 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23712528 Mattie Holton Wilcox (1833-1904), lived in Warrenton, N.C., and was the mother of Maurice Wilcox (1860-1879). From the guide to the Mattie Holton Wilcox Papers, 1802-1807, 1851, 1878, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historica...