Papers, 1849-1871 and n.d.

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Papers, 1849-1871 and n.d.

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Chiefly compositions written by Reverend Mangum while a student at South Lowell Academy in Durham County, N.C. and as a Methodist ministerial student at Randolph-Macon College in Boydton, Va. Moral and political issures were frequent topics; some essays concern women's education. Includes Mangum's addresses to Randolph-Macon's Franklin Literary Society, of which he was a member; poetry manuscripts; a eulogy on the death of Henry Clay; and a transcript of Mangum's testimony to the visiting committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina regarding controversy over the teaching of history after the school's reopening in 1870. Collection also contains a small amount of genealogical information and a few photographs of Mangum, members of the Mangum family, and Mangum family houses.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Randolph-Macon College

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Franklin Literary Society (Randolph-Macon College. Boydton, Va.)

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Mangum family.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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South Lowell Academy (Durham, N.C.)

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Mangum, A. W. (Adolphus Williamson), 1834-1890

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Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, University of North Carolina; Methodist minister. From the description of Papers, 1849-1871 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24778375 ...