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Size | 16 items |
Abstract | Martin W. B. Armstrong (fl. 1815-1819) attended the University of North Carolina, 1814-1819, but did not graduate from that institution. The collection inlcudes the correspondence of Martin W. B. Armstrong with his father, Thomas T. Armstrong, at Raleigh, N.C., and Germantown, N.C., and letters to Martin Armstrong from university officials and college friends, William Mercer Green, Hamilton C. Jones, Charles Dixon Donoho, and George W. Sharpe. Most letters relate to student disturbances in 1816 and 1819; letters from Thomas Armstrong offer fatherly advice. |
Creator | Armstrong, Martin W. B., fl. 1815-1819. |
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, January 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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Martin W. B. Armstrong (fl. 1815-1819) attended the University of North Carolina, 1814-1819, but did not graduate from that institution.
Back to TopThe collection includes the correspondence of Armstrong while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, with his father, Thomas T. Armstrong, at Raleigh, N.C., and Germantown, N.C., and letters to Martin Armstrong from university officials and college friends, William Mercer Green, Hamilton C. Jones, Charles Dixon Donoho, and George W. Sharpe. Most letters relate to student disturbances in 1816 and 1819; letters from Thomas Armstrong offer fatherly advice.
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