William Blackledge Whitfield letter and diary, 1859-1860.

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William Blackledge Whitfield letter and diary, 1859-1860.

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A letter and a photocopy of a diary. The letter, dated 23 June 1859, is from Whitfield in North Carolina to his teacher, E.S. Stickney, in Marion, Ala., asking for the certificate that Whitfield needs to enter the sophomore class at the University of North Carolina and thanking Stickney for his interest in him. The diary (101 pp.) was written by Whitfield, 24 March-10 June 1860, while a student at UNC. It consists of daily entries that focus largely on campus activities, faculty members, fellow students, and other details of Whitfield's life.

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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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Whitfield, William Blackledge, 1842-1862.

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William Blackledge Whitfield was a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., in the mid-19th century. From the description of William Blackledge Whitfield letter and diary, 1859-1860. WorldCat record id: 25937189 William Blackledge Whitfield was a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the mid-19th century. From the guide to the William Blackledge Whitfield Letter and Diary, 1859-1860, (Southern Historical Colle...

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...