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Size | 10 items |
Abstract | William Mercer Green was born in Wilmington, N.C.; graduated from the University of North Carolina; and in 1837 became Episcopal chaplain and professor of belles-lettres at his alma mater. He became the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi in 1849. He was also instrumental in the founding of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and became its chancellor in 1867. The collection includes diary entries William Mercer Green made on a trip in 1818 from Wilmington, N.C., to Wilmington, Del., with especially detailed comments on sites in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; diary entries made by Mary Sheppard on a trip from Warren County, N.C., to Bedford County, Tenn., in 1822; a record, 1843, of subscribers for the erection of a church at Chapel Hill, N.C.; a memorandum book Green kept while he was a professor at the University of North Carolina, 1848-1849; two letters to Green from Charles Phillips in Chapel Hill, 1887, reminiscing and giving news of Chapel Hill; and articles about Green. |
Creator | Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, June 1946
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, January 2005
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
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William Mercer Green (1798-1887) was born in Wilmington, N.C.; graduated from the University of North Carolina; and in 1837 became Episcopal chaplain and professor of belles-lettres at his alma mater. He became the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi in 1849. He was also instrumental in the founding of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and became its chancellor in 1867.
Back to TopThe collection includes diary entries Episcopal bishop and professor William Mercer Green made on a trip in 1818 from Wilmington, N.C., to Wilmington, Del., with especially detailed comments on sites in Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C.; diary entries made by Mary Sheppard on a trip from Warren County, N.C., to Bedford County, Tenn., in 1822; a record, 1843, of subscribers for the erection of a church at Chapel Hill, N.C.; a memorandum book Green kept while he was a professor at the University of North Carolina, 1848-1849; two letters to Green from Charles Phillips in Chapel Hill, 1887, reminiscing and giving news of Chapel Hill; and articles about Green.
Note that some materials are typed transcriptions.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers, 1843-1887 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1, 1843Record of subscriptions and pledges for erecting an Episcopal church in Chapel Hill, N.C. |
Folder 3 |
Volume 2, 1848-1849Class book kept by Green while teaching at the University of North Carolina |