William H. Haigh papers, 1841-1846, 1865 [manuscript].

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William H. Haigh papers, 1841-1846, 1865 [manuscript].

Papers including the diary of William Hooper Haigh (1823-1870) of Fayetteville, N.C., while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1842, in Chapel Hill, and studying law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C., 1843-1844. Entries include comments on people and events in Haigh's life, including Raleigh and Chapel Hill social activities, the Methodist and Episcopal churches, and activities of the Badger family, and local, state, and national politics. Also included are two long letters, 1865, written by Haigh as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., describing prison conditions and routine.

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Haigh, William H.

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William H. Haigh (1823-1870) of Fayetteville, N.C., was educated at the University of North Carolina and studied law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C. During the Civil War, Haigh was a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md. From the guide to the William H. Haigh Papers, ., 1841-1846, 1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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...

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Badger family.

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Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

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George E. Badger, superior court judge, secretary of the Navy, and U.S. senator, 1844-1855, of Raleigh, N.C. From the description of George Edmund Badger papers, 1827-1864. WorldCat record id: 22979255 From the guide to the George Edmund Badger Papers, 1827-1864, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) American jurist; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1841; U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1846-1855. From the gu...