Moses Ashley Curtis, 1808-1872

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Excerpt from Moses Ashley Curtis, 1808-1872: Teacher, Priest, ScientistON the occasion of celebrating the sesquicentennial of his birth, the attention of The Friends of the Library of. The University of North Caro lina is directed to the history of one of the outstanding citizens of this state. The Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis, whose life is briefly recounted here, spent most of his adult years in Hillsboro, North Carolina, yet his renown spread abroad in spite of the absence of many modern methods of com munication and the intervention of the Civil War.A large collection of his personal letters, his scientific papers, sermons, drawings, and music, and a portion of his herbaria. As well as numerous volumes from his personal library bearing his own notes have come to Chapel Hill as a gift from his grandchildren.This publication is intended to serve in part as an expression of ap preciation for the collection of Curtis manuscripts, books, and Other ma terial and in part to direct the attention of North Carolinians and others to the useful life of the Rev. Dr. Curtis. The numerous contributions he made to his fellowmen in the many walks of life in which he played a part deserve to be better known. That one man could achieve so much in so many fields of endeavor can be an inspiration to us in these days of single specialties.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.