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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Elam J. Morrison Papers, #1794, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of Originals

Location of originals unknown.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Autobiographies--Virginia.
• Clergy--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Fredericksburg (Va.)--Religion--19th century.
• Leesburg (Va.)--Religion--19th century.
• Morrison, Elam J., 1800-1826.
• North Carolina--Description and travel.
• Presbyterian Church--Clergy--History--19th century.
• Presbyterian Church--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Princeton Theological Seminary--Students--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
• Virginia--Biography.
• Virginia--Description and travel.

MICROFILM ONLY. Autobiography written just before his death by Elam Johnston Morrison, Presbyterian minister in Virginia, son of James Morrison of Mecklenburg County, N.C. Elam Morrison graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1818 and attended Princeton Theological Seminary. In addition to these aspects of his life, the autobiography describes his Presbyterian Church assignments in Fredericksburg and Leesburg, Va., and his travels in North Carolina and Virginia.