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Size | 4 items. |
Abstract | The collection includes the diary of William H. Haigh (1823-1870) of Fayetteville, N.C., while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1842, in Chapel Hill, and studying law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C., 1843-1844. Entries include comments on people and events in Haigh's life, including Raleigh and Chapel Hill social activities, the Methodist church and Episcopal church, and activities of the Badger family, and local, state, and national politics. Also included are two long letters, 1865, written by Haigh as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., describing prison conditions and routine. |
Creator | Haigh, William H. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, December 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William H. Haigh (1823-1870) of Fayetteville, N.C., was educated at the University of North Carolina and studied law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C. During the Civil War, Haigh was a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md.
Back to TopThe collection includes the diary of William Hooper Haigh while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1842, in Chapel Hill, and studying law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C., 1843-1844. Entries include comments on people and events in Haigh's life, including Raleigh and Chapel Hill social activities, the Methodist and Episcopal churches, and activities of the Badger family, and local, state, and national politics. Also included are two long letters, 1865, written by Haigh as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., describing prison conditions and routine, and a speech on Independence Day, 1846.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Speech, 1846 |
Folder 2 |
Letters, 1865 |
Folder 3 |
Diary, 1841-1844The diary contains accounts of the writer's daily activities, poems, quotations, essays, and short and long comments on varied subjects, particularly politics, religion, and literature. Entries discuss time spent as a student at the University of North Carolina, 1841-1842, and studying law under George Edmund Badger in Raleigh, N.C., 1843-1844, and include comments on people and events in Haigh's life including Raleigh and Chapel Hill, N.C., social activities, the Methodist and Episcopal churches, activities of the Badger family, and local, state, and national politics. |
Transcription Volume TV-2649/1 |
Transcription of letters and diary |