William Pelham papers, 1820; 1856-1861; 1922 [manuscript].

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William Pelham papers, 1820; 1856-1861; 1922 [manuscript].

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The collection includes nine letters, 15 June 1856-31 March 1859, to William Pelham at school from his mother, and a few other items. Pelham's mother wrote chiefly of family and neighborhood sicknesses and deaths, about her garden, and about feeling deserted by her children. There is one letter, dated 24 May 1861, to William from his father, describing the destruction by hail of the corn and cotton crops and telling about local preparations for war. Also included are Atkinson Pelham's 1820 certificate of membership in the Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina and a typed transcription of an autobiographical fragment written by Peter Pelham.

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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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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dialectic Society

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The Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina was the first of the university's two student debating and social clubs. It was established as The Debating Society in 1795, but changed its name the following year. The debating societies amassed sizable libraries and functioned as the campus student government for over a century. In 1919 the Philanthropic Society reorganized itself as the Philanthropic Assembly and the Dialectic Society reorganized as the Dialectic Senate in 1924. Membe...

Pelham, Peter, b. 1840.

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Pelham, Martha Montford McGehee, b. 1805.

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Pelham family.

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Pelham, Atkinson, b. 1797.

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Pelham, William, 1836-1889.

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Members of the Pelham family of Alexandria, Ala., included William; his mother, Martha Montford McGehee Pelham (b. 1805) of Person County, N.C.; and his father, Atkinson Pelham (b. 1797), physician and cotton planter, who attended the University of North Carolina, ca. 1820, and later settled in Alabama. William had many siblings, among them Peter (b. 1840), and Confederate hero Major John Pelham, "the gallant Pelham." From the description of William Pelham papers, 1820; 1856-1861; 19...