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Andrew Mickle

Andrew Mickle became bursar of the University of North Carolina when it reopened at Chapel Hill, chosen when the trustees stopped giving the post to a professor. A merchant, he had lost his fortune in the Civil War because he would not raise his prices as Confederate money lost value.

Source: Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 83

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  1. A. Mickle serves as Orange County's register of deeds Lefler and Wager's list of Orange County registers of deeds gives A. Mickle in the office from 1835 to 1849, between J. McKerall and John Laws. Place: Hillsborough · Also named: John Laws, A. MickleSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 357
  2. The Union Church is moved off Franklin Street and becomes a school When the university sold the Grand Avenue ground to Andrew Mickle and Richard James Ashe and the Presbyterians, the little Union Church was moved away from Franklin Street and later used as the village school. People: Andrew Mickle Place: Union Church (Village Chapel), Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 81
  3. Andrew Mickle turns the log schoolhouse at Highlands into a house The log school built south of the Eno around 1844 was converted to a residence, and Andrew Mickle added a three-bay, two-story side-hall section in 1846. Paul C. Cameron enlarged it again in 1857. People: Paul C. Cameron, Andrew Mickle Place: Highlands, 205 US 70A, HillsboroughSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 205 US 70A, Highlands
  4. Citizens organize a new Orange County Bible Society Citizens met in the Presbyterian session house in Hillsborough, adopted a constitution for a county Bible society and elected Giles Mebane president, David L. Swain and others vice presidents, Stephen Moore treasurer and the Rev. Dr. Alexander Wilson secretary. People: Frederick Nash, Giles Mebane, David L. Swain, Stephen Moore, Alexander Wilson, Andrew Mickle Place: Presbyterian session house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, September 24, 1846, p. 3
  5. Chapel Hill merchants, John W. Carr among them, agree not to sell to minor students on credit After the state's new laws on student contracts were sent to them, most of the village merchants pledged not to sell on credit to students under age without written leave from a parent or guardian, for eighteen months and subject to the faculty's approval. John W. Carr was one of nine signers. People: John Wesley Carr, Andrew Mickle Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 647
  6. The legislature charters four plank road companies through Orange County The 1855 charters were for roads from Chapel Hill to Morrisville and to Durhamsville, from Hillsborough to Chapel Hill, and from Hillsborough to Milton, with capital from $20,000 to $150,000. The Hillsboro' and Chapel Hill company was chartered on February 10, 1855, and the Hillsboro' and Milton and the Chapel Hill and Durhamsville Plank Road and Turnpike companies on February 14. Lefler and Wager could not say which, if any, were built. People: Charles Phillips, Edmund Strudwick, Andrew Mickle, Patterson H. McDade Place: Orange County · Also mentions: Hillsborough to Chapel HillSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 184 · Also: Internet Archive: North Carolina Historical Review 16
  7. Paul C. Cameron enlarges Highlands, the former log schoolhouse south of the Eno Paul C. Cameron added two bays to Highlands, giving it the center-hall plan it keeps. The house had begun about 1844 as a log school and was made a dwelling by Andrew Mickle in 1846. People: Paul C. Cameron, Andrew Mickle Place: Highlands, 205 US 70A, HillsboroughSearch the index · Hillsborough Historic District National Register Additional Documentation (2014), pdf p. 197
  8. Charles P. Mallett keeps the University Bookstore on Franklin Street Mallett's University Bookstore was one of four businesses the book first maps in 1858, along with Andrew Mickle's dry goods, John R. Hutchins's clothing store and C. Gottenburg's mattress shop. All may have opened before 1853. People: Andrew Mickle, John R. Hutchins Place: University Bookstore, East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Charles P. MallettSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 99
  9. James B. McDade serves as Chapel Hill's magistrate of police The 1859 town pamphlet lists the corporation's officers: James B. McDade as magistrate of police; Andrew Mickle, Calvin Scott, John Ward, John H. Watson and Foster Utley as commissioners; Mickle as town treasurer; Wayne H. McDade as town constable; and John M. Blackwood as town clerk. People: Andrew Mickle, John H. Watson Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: James B. McDade, Calvin Scott, John Ward, Foster Utley, Wayne H. McDade, John M. BlackwoodSearch the index · Act of the General Assembly for the Better Regulation of Chapel Hill, and the Ordinances of the Commissioners (1859), scan p. 19
  10. Andrew Mickle refuses to raise his prices as Confederate money falls Andrew Mickle was prospering as a merchant when the Civil War began, but he held that it was wrong to raise his prices when his neighbors could hardly get money. As the currency fell he sold his goods for much less than cost and lost his fortune. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 83
  11. The Episcopal diocesan convention meets at the Chapel of the Cross The forty-sixth annual convention of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina met in the Chapel Hill church during the war. The rector, Francis W. Hilliard, and the parish's lay delegates William H. Battle, W. P. Mallett, A. Mickle and Manuel Fetter all attended. People: William Horn Battle, William P. Mallett, Andrew Mickle, Manuel Fetter Place: Chapel of the Cross, East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Francis W. Hilliard, A. MickleArchibald Henderson, The Church of the Atonement and the Chapel of the Cross at Chapel Hill (1938), scan p. 52
  12. Thirty Chapel Hill families pool money to buy corn Amid wartime scarcity, thirty heads of families sent Andrew Mickle to buy corn in a better-supplied district; he brought back about 1,921 bushels by rail to Durham and wagon from there, at $6.75 a barrel delivered. The livery keeper John H. Watson took ninety barrels, President Swain 33 and Judge Battle 24. People: Charles Phillips, David L. Swain, Andrew Mickle, John H. Watson Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 725
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  1. A Chapel Hill public meeting resolves to fight on after the peace talks fail Meeting on the evening of February 10 and again the next afternoon, Chapel Hill citizens under Jones Watson resolved that peace could not be had on acceptable terms and pledged their support to the army and to soldiers' families. Samuel F. Phillips tried to substitute a call for a state convention, saying slavery was no longer the real question, but the move lost 81 to 62 in a disputed count, and the resolutions passed with a preamble amended by David L. Swain. People: Jones Watson, Andrew Mickle, Samuel (Samuel Field) Phillips, David L. Swain Place: Chapel HillHillsborough Recorder, February 22, 1865, p. 2
  2. A Chapel Hill town meeting passes resolutions against Solomon Pool's administration Townspeople met and adopted resolutions against Pool's running of the university, an outburst of a year of pent-up anger. Shaken, Pool told the merchant Andrew Mickle that he had bought property and settled in the village and would find it hard to move. People: Solomon Pool, Andrew Mickle Place: Chapel HillHope Summerell Chamberlain, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926), scan p. 197
  3. Orange County holds its first township elections Voters in each township chose magistrates, a clerk, a constable and school committeemen for the first time. In Chapel Hill Township 540 of 565 registered voters cast ballots. People: Jones Watson, Andrew Mickle, John Wesley Carr, Merritt Cheek, John R. Hutchins Place: Chapel Hill TownshipSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 196
  4. Rival claimants to Chapel Hill's town offices are told to stand down On March 30, 1870, the Chapel Hill commissioners recorded that a group of residents claimed to be the village's officers, had taken some of the town's books and papers and had named A. Mickle magistrate of police. On April 1, Solomon Pool reported that their election had been held without any law authorizing it, on informal notice from T. M. Argo, and the board adopted his advice to take no action if they gave up the books. People: Solomon Pool, John H. Watson, Andrew Mickle, Hugh B. Guthrie Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: A. Mickle, T. M. ArgoSearch the index · Town of Chapel Hill: Board of Commissioners minutes, March 30 and April 1, 1870
  5. Orange Conservative convention nominates its 1870 county ticket The Conservative county convention, reconvened at the courthouse with W. W. Guess in the chair, nominated William A. Graham for the state Senate, Frederick N. Strudwick and Mathew Atwater for the House, Andrew Mickle for sheriff and a full slate of county officers. Graham declined the Senate nomination two days later, and several other men came forward for the seat. People: William A. Graham, Frederick N. Strudwick, Andrew Mickle Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: W. W. Guess, Mathew AtwaterSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, June 1, 1870, p. 2
  6. Andrew Mickle serves as Chapel Hill's magistrate of police Under the town charter the commissioners chose a magistrate of police to preside at their meetings, and Andrew Mickle held the office in 1874 and 1875. In March 1870 a rival group of citizens claiming to be the town's officers had named him to the post, which the sitting board said was without authority of law. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 364
  7. The new trustees sue Solomon Pool and Alexander McIver at Orange Superior Court and win possession of the university in the Supreme Court At the May 1874 term of Orange Superior Court the new board brought one action against Superintendent Alexander McIver, who held the university's seal and books and had agreed to a friendly test suit, and another against Solomon Pool for the buildings. Judge Albion W. Tourgee ruled against the trustees; John W. Graham and James A. Graham of Hillsborough argued for them without fee, as did B. F. Moore and William H. Battle on appeal in June 1874. At its January term 1875 the state Supreme Court decided for the university on every point, and possession passed to Andrew Mickle, the board's agent, with the seal, books and papers going to Treasurer Kemp Battle. People: Solomon Pool, Kemp Plummer Battle, Alexander McIver, John W. Graham, Andrew Mickle, Albion W. Tourgee, Bartholomew F. Moore, James Augustus Graham, William Horn Battle Place: Orange County Superior Court, HillsboroughInternet Archive: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2 (1912), full text
  8. A storm unroofs the university's New East building A late-March storm tore the tin roof from the center of New East, over the library and the Philanthropic Society's hall, and felled one of the campus oaks. Andrew Mickle and villagers nailed down a temporary covering, and Paul C. Cameron, chairman of the repairs committee, came to Chapel Hill and arranged to reroof all the university buildings, giving the woodwork to carpenter Foster Utley. People: Paul C. Cameron, Andrew Mickle Place: New East, UNC campus, Chapel Hill · Also named: Foster UtleyHillsborough Recorder, March 31, 1875, p. 3
  9. Andrew Mickle becomes bursar of the reopened university Electing the reopened university's professors, the trustees broke with the old practice of making a professor bursar and chose Andrew Mickle, the Chapel Hill merchant who had acted as their agent, at $400 a year. He held the post until he left to live with his children in Texas in the early 1880s. People: Andrew Mickle Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 79
  10. James Cole Taylor works as an assistant at the state experiment station in Smith Hall James C. Taylor and William B. Phillips, Chapel Hill graduates of 1877, worked as assistants at the state's fertilizer control and experiment station at the university, with W. Warnecke of Germany and A. D. Mickle of Chapel Hill. The station had four rooms in Smith Hall. In December 1878 the Chapel Hill Ledger found it busy under Dr. Ledoux, Warnecke and Phillips, with Taylor handling its correspondence. People: James Cole Taylor, William Battle Phillips, Andrew Mickle Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Smith HallSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 138 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, December 14, 1878, p. 2
  11. Andrew Mickle is appointed Chapel Hill postmaster Andrew Mickle was appointed postmaster at Chapel Hill on May 19, 1877, succeeding Hugh B. Guthrie. Thomas M. Kirkland followed him on January 31, 1881. People: Hugh B. Guthrie Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Thomas M. KirklandSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 366
  12. Bursar Andrew Mickle helps poor teachers through the university's summer normal school At the summer normal school the university lent its dormitories and bedding and let teachers cook for themselves, so that many lived on $4 or $5 a month. Andrew Mickle, the school's business agent, worked tirelessly to advise and help those who needed it. People: Kemp Plummer Battle Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 161
  13. Chemist George Warnecke resigns from the state Experiment Station George Warnecke resigned his place at the state Experiment Station at Chapel Hill to take a position in Europe. James Taylor took over the analysis of the state's well and other waters, and A. D. Mickle succeeded Taylor. Warnecke left for Germany in mid-November. People: Andrew Mickle Place: Agricultural Experiment Station, University, Chapel Hill · Also named: George Warnecke, James TaylorSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, October 25, 1879, p. 3
  14. University Railroad directors elect Kemp P. Battle president and Andrew Mickle treasurer Meeting right after the stockholders, the directors elected Kemp P. Battle president and Andrew Mickle secretary and treasurer at $200 a year, put Col. Thomas M. Holt on the board in Battle's place, and named Hoke and A. B. Andrews to arrange for convict labor and a survey. People: Kemp Plummer Battle, Andrew Mickle, Robert F. Hoke, Alexander Boyd Andrews Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Thomas M. HoltThe Chapel Hill Ledger, January 10, 1880, p. 2
  15. Henry H. 'Hoot' Patterson opens a general merchandise store Henry Houston 'Hoot' Patterson, a Civil War veteran married to Dr. Thomas Hogan's daughter Mary, started a general merchandise business in the building Andrew Mickle had used. Bryant calls it very successful. People: Andrew Mickle, Henry Houston Patterson Place: H. H. Patterson's store, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Thomas HoganSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 143

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The James A. Graham papers, 1861-1884

Graham, James Augustus, 1841-1908 · 1928 · The University of North Carolina press

Civil War letters of James Augustus Graham, 1841 to 1908, printed in 1928 by the University of North Carolina Press, together with the descriptive book of the Orange Guards, Company G of the 27th North Carolina Infantry. The descriptive book registers the men of the company. Part of the library's Wall Local History Collection.

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Adolphus Williamson Mangum : memorial address delivered in the chapel of the university, Sunday, May 31st, 1891

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 · 1891 · Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

Josephus Daniels's memorial address for Adolphus Williamson Mangum, delivered in the university chapel at Chapel Hill on Sunday, May 31, 1891 and printed by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. Mangum, who died in 1890, was a Methodist minister on the University of North Carolina faculty. The text was detached from the North Carolina University Magazine for that year.

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John DeBerniere Hooper : a memorial

Spencer, Cornelia Phillips, 1825-1908 · 1886 · Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

A memorial of John DeBerniere Hooper, a member of the University of North Carolina faculty, who died in 1886. Cornelia Phillips Spencer wrote it, and the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies printed it at Chapel Hill after it appeared in the North Carolina University magazine for March 1886. It is faculty biography and North Carolina biography.

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Papers,

Craig, Locke · 1880

Papers of Locke Craig, Asheville lawyer who served in the North Carolina legislature from 1898 to 1903 and as governor from 1913 to 1917. The 126 items, beginning in 1880, include personal letters, political and religious speeches, an address on Freemasonry, and a chemistry notebook he kept as a University of North Carolina student. Kemp P. Battle, Henry G. Connor and Woodrow Wilson are among the names that appear.

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Algernon Barbee address, 1871.

Barbee, Algernon, 1840-1918 · 1871

An address given by Algernon Barbee (1840-1918) in 1871, concerning Methodists and religious life and customs in Chapel Hill. Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 44-z.

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