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Davie and the University's Founding

The creation of the University of North Carolina, with information on the life of its principal founder, William Richardson Davie.

First Public University in the United States
Early American Colleges
Protestants in Education in North Carolina
William Richardson Davie's Early Life
Davie in the American Revolution
Davie's Plantation
The Constitutional Convention
Chartering of the University
Choosing the Site of the University
Construction of Old East
Early Curriculum
Opening the University
Debating Societies
First Students and Faculty
Joseph Caldwell
Davie's Political Career
Davie's Retirement and Death