Records, 1836-1839.

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Records, 1836-1839.

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Collection consists of an original receipt and copies of letters written by Morrison. The letters discuss the hiring of faculty and the election of Morrison as president of the college.

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Davidson College, Davidson College Library

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Davidson College, Davidson College Library

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Morrison, R. H. 1798-1889.

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Davidson College. President (1836-1840 : Morrison)

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Robert Hall Morrison, 1798-1889, was the first President of Davidson College serving from 1836 to 1840. A graduate of the University of North Carolina (1818), Morrison was licensed as a Presbyterian minister by the Concord Presbytery in 1820. He founded the North Carolina Telegram, the first religious gazette in the South while in Fayetteville in 1822. He was pastor of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church from 1827 until accepting the presidency of Davidson College. During his tenure as president, Mo...

Davidson College

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