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David Matthew Thompson

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By David Matthew Thompson

David Matthew Thompson papers, 1863-1938

Thompson, David Matthew, 1844-1925 · 1863

Papers of David Matthew Thompson (1844-1925) covering 1863 to 1938, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3957-z. Topics range from Confederate army life and soldiers' correspondence at one end and early football at the University of North Carolina and Trinity College at the other, with the 'North Carolina University magazine', Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Samuel F. Phillips and university president Edward Kidder Graham named.

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