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Title: Minutes of the Board of Trustees Copied by Jerry Hooper (a Slave) for his Master, October 19, 1861: Electronic Edition.
Author: Hooper, Jerry
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 Bari Helms
Text encoded by Brian Dietz
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 9K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005

No Copyright in US

The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
Languages used in the text: English
Revision history:
2005-08-03, Brian Dietz finished TEI/XML encoding.
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Title of collection: Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Minutes of the Board of Trustees Copied by Jerry Hooper (a Slave) for his Master, October 19, 1861
Author: [Jerry Hooper]
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note: Call number 1290 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Minutes of the Board of Trustees from July 11, 1799, Copied by Jerry Hooper (a Slave) for his Master, October 19, 1861
Hooper, Jerry



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Board of Trustees of the University of of N. Carolina
Resd, that should a case of sickness similar to that which existed in the University during the last fall occur before the end of the ensuing session, the Principal Professor shall employ the best physician within his reach to give medical assistance to such Students as may be diseased at the expence of the Board, observing to require of him a Separate bill against each, to the end that the Board may be enabled to claim a reimbursement from their parents, and that the President of the Board be requested to publish this resolution three weeks in the N. Carolina Journal.
July 11th 1799

Resd, that Gov. Davie and Mr Haywood be appointed a Committee to receive proposals for the Stewardship between the present time and the meeting of the Board in December next, that they be empowered to advertise for that purpose, & that any person inclined to undertake shall be required to exhibit a Bill of daily fare to the Board with the expence attending

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it and the price of boarding each Student at Commons.
July 11th

Copied from the Journal of the Board

Will E. Webb, Sec.