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[Identification of item], in the Chapel Hill (N.C.) Weather Records, #1941-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Climate--Observations--History--19th century.
• Meteorology--North Carolina--Observations--History--19th century.
• Mitchell County (N.C.)--Climate--Observations--History--19th century.
• Phillips, James, 1792-1867.
• Phillips, W. B. (William Battle), 1857-1917.
• Venable, F. P. (Francis Preston), 1856-1934.

• Cole and Taylor Family Papers (#163) in the Southern Historical Collection
• Excerpts from newspapers taken during the years, '61, '62, '63 by C.A. Spencer (FC970.7 S74) in the North Carolina Collection

Records kept by various Chapel Hill, N.C., weather observers, including records, 1854-1862, by Professor James Phillips; and records, December 1879-1882, by Professors W.B. Phillips and Francis Preston Venable. Also included are weather records, July-August 1880, for Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, N.C.