Commencement exercises
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Baccalaureate addresses; University of North Carolina (1793-1962); Commencement ceremonies
Other titles: North Carolina University magazine (1852); True and candid compositions : the lives and writings of Antebellum students in North Carolina.
Description: Includes descriptions and excerpts of speeches from the commencement of 1859 at the University of North Carolina, including remarks by guest speaker President James Buchanan on the importance of preserving the Union.
Notes: Title from electronic caption title (viewed July 18, 2005)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection True and candid compositions: the lives and writings of Antebellum students in North Carolina.

Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. and Elizabeth S. Wright. Images scanned by Brian Dietz and Elizabeth S. Wright. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Brian Dietz, and Elizabeth S. Wright.

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Transcribed from: Commencement exercises . Originally published serially in The North Carolina University Magazine v. 9, no. 1 (August 1859): 59-63; no. 2 (September 1859): 105-120.

Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the electronic publication of this title.

Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web.