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Samuel Finley Patterson

1799–1874 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds one work for Samuel Finley Patterson so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Andrew Henry Patterson papers, 1902-1925; 1964.

Patterson, Andrew Henry, 1870-1928 · 1902

Weather observations set the Andrew Henry Patterson papers apart: 52 items in half a linear foot, dated 1902 to 1925 and 1964, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1419. The papers include climate observations for Chapel Hill, meteorology in North Carolina and the United States Weather Bureau, alongside the university faculty, several Patterson relatives, and Confederate social conditions during the Civil War.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Patterson, Samuel Finley, 1799-1874.

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  1. Trustees let student church members worship at their own churches Petitions from several denominations reached the board in December 1849 asking to ease compulsory Sunday worship in the college chapel. On January 4, 1850 the trustees voted down a broader plan and adopted Samuel F. Patterson's rule letting communicants attend the church of their choice while all others still attended chapel, a rule that stood about ten years. People: David L. Swain, William Mercer Green, Samuel Finley PattersonSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 519

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  • Gerrard Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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