Leander Hughes letters, 1823-1824 [manuscript].

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Leander Hughes letters, 1823-1824 [manuscript].

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Two letters, 1823 and 1824, from Leander Hughes while he was a student at the University of North Carolina to his father, John Hughes, at Penns Store, Patrick County, Va., and a circular letter that includes a student report, 1823, from Joseph Caldwell to John Hughes. The letters tell of Leander Hughes's experiences and various campus occurrences, including a physical attack on professors by students.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hughes, John, fl. 1823-1824.

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Hughes, Leander, fl. 1823-1824.

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Leander Hughes of Patrick County, Va., attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1823-1824. From the description of Leander Hughes letters, 1823-1824 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23943719 From the guide to the Leander Hughes Letters, 1823-1824, (Southern Historical Collection) ...

Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835

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Joseph Caldwell was the first president of the University of North Carolina where he was also a professor of mathematics. From the description of Joseph Caldwell papers, 1791-1835. WorldCat record id: 23045556 Joseph Caldwell, (21 April 1773-27 January 1835), mathematician, Presbyterian minister, and first president of the University of North Carolina, was born at Lamington, N.J., in northeastern Hunterdon County, the youngest of three children of Joseph and Rac...

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...