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[Identification of item], in the Williamston Academy Minutes, #3741, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Originals returned to private owner in 1966.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Bagley, D. W.
• Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878.
• Biggs, John.
• Biggs, Joseph, 1766-1844.
• Chase, Henry L.
• Ellison, William J.
• Gillespie, D. G.
• Hassell, Cushing Biggs, 1808-1880.
• Hassell, Sylvester, 1842-1928.
• Hyman, Samuel.
• Johnson, Lawrence.
• Martin County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Matthews, Asa.
• Matthews, Samuel W.
• Moore, James Edward, 1841-1898.
• Schools--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Teachers--Selection and appointment--North Carolina.
• Watts, William.
• Whittlesley, Luman.
• Williamston (N.C.)--History.
• Williamston Academy (Martin County, N.C.)
• Yellowley, Edward Clements, d. 1885.

• Sylvester Hassell Papers (#321); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

MICROFILM ONLY. Minutes, 1817-1890, of the Board of Trustees of the Williamston Academy (Martin County, N.C.), with no entries for 1825-1827, 1829-1835, and 1862-1863. These brief records of meetings record the Board's discussion and action as it hired teachers, set tuititon, and determined the number of pupils to be admitted. Also included are a list of those subscribing to the fund to construct a building, regulations for students, and occasional lists of students. Board members whose names are frequently mentioned include Cushing B. Hassell, Joseph Biggs, Asa Biggs, Luman Whittlesley, Edward Yellowley, Samuel Hyman, William J. Ellison, William Watts, D. W. Bagley, Joseph D. Biggs, Lawrence Johnson, James E. Moore, and John D. Biggs. Teachers before the Civil War included Asa Matthews in the 1840s, his son, Samuel W. Matthews, in the 1850s, and Henry L. Chase, 1860- 1861. After the Civil War, D. G. Gillespie and Sylvester Hassell were among the teachers.

Microfilm (M-3741/1)