<hi rend="bold"> Journal of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, October 14, 1865 (In Which She Writes About the Difficulties the University Faces) :</hi> Electronic Edition. Spencer, Cornelia Phillips, 1825-1908 Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Caitlin R. Donnelly Text encoded by Caitlin R. Donnelly First Edition, 2007 ca. 12K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2007

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 Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Journal of Cornelia Phillips Spencer, October 14, 1865 (In Which She Writes About the Difficulties the University Faces) [Spencer, Cornelia Phillips, 1825-1908] 1 page, 1 page image 1865 Call number 683 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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