Thomas Hume papers, 1777-1913 [manuscript].

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Thomas Hume papers, 1777-1913 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, sermons, class lecture materials, financial and legal papers, biographical and genealogical material, and other papers of Thomas Hume. Correspondence mainly consists of recommendations for Thomas Hume's appointment as professor of English language and literature at the University of North Carolina and expressions of sympathy to the family on his death. Other letters concern family, business, and church-related matters. Also included are volumes containing sketches of sermons, class lecture materials, and accounts of travel in Europe. Some financial accounts date from the late 18th century. Biographical material relates to Thomas Hume and his father, Thomas Hume (1812-1875). Genealogical material contains data on the Crocker, Gregory, Godwin, Borland, Baynham, and Hodges families.

About 300 items (1.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Crocker family

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Borland family

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Gregory family

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Hume, Thomas, 1812-1875.

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Godwin family

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Baynham family

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Hodges family

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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...

Hume, Thomas, 1836-1912

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Baptist clergyman of various locations in Virginia, and professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1885-1912. From the description of Thomas Hume papers, 1777-1913 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25465954 Thomas Hume (1836-1912) was a Baptist clergyman of various locations in Virginia, and professor of English at the University of North Carolina, 1885-1912. Hume was born in Portsmouth, Va., the son of Rev. Thomas Hume, a Baptist minister, and Ma...