John Bowen Bynum papers, 1848-1849.

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John Bowen Bynum papers, 1848-1849.

Miscellaneous papers, including a speech about war as a necessary evil, given by Bynum while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1 May 1848; a Fourth of July oration given in Northampton County, N.C. in 1849; and a speech about temperance.

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Bynum, John Bowen, d. 1858.

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Lawyer of Northampton County, N.C.; member of University of North Carolina class of 1848; member of N.C. state legislature, 1853. From the description of John Bowen Bynum papers, 1848-1849. WorldCat record id: 24111907 John Bowen Bynum (d. 1858) was a lawyer of Northampton County, N.C.; member of University of North Carolina class of 1848; and member of N.C. state legislature, 1853. From the guide to the John Bowen Bynum Papers, 1848-1849, (University of North Ca...

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...