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Abstract | Samuel Eusebius McCorkle was a North Carolina Presbyterian minister and educator. McCorkle served as president and teacher at the Salisbury Academy, Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., during the early 1790s. In 1784, McCorkle drafted the first proposal to found a university in the state of North Carolina. However, his proposal was rejected, and the University of North Carolina was not chartered by the legislature until 1789. The collection consists of a notebook in which McCorkle took notes on passages of scripture. The notebook contains handwritten scripture passages with McCorkle's notes facing pages. Notes are often undated, but most dated notes are from the early 1790s. |
Creator | McCorkle, Samuel Eusebius, 1746-1811. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Samuel Eusebius McCorkle was a Presbyterian minister and educator. He was born in 1746 in Lancaster Country, Pa., to first generation Irish immigrants. In 1756, his family moved to western North Carolina. McCorkle served as president and teacher at the Salisbury Academy in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., during the early 1790s. In 1784, McCorkle drafted the first proposal to found a university in the state of North Carolina. However, his proposal was rejected, and the University of North Carolina was not chartered by the legislature until 1789.
Back to TopThe collection consists of a notebook in which Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, Presbyterian minister and educator at the Salisbury Academy in Salisbury, N.C. (Rowan County, N.C.), took notes on passages of scripture. The notebook contains handwritten scripture passages with McCorkle's notes facing pages. Notes are often undated, but most dated notes are from the early 1790s.
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