JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 



THE ERECTION OF THE MONUMENT TO ELISHA 

 MITCHELL ON MITCHELL'S HIGH PEAK. 



^Abstract of an Address delivered before the Elisha Mitchell 



Society, October 16th, 1888. 



WM. B. PHILLIPS. 



Thirty-one years ago this summer, on the 27th of June, 1857, 

 the Rev. Dr. Elisha Mitchell, Professor of Chemistry, Miner- 

 alogy and Geology in the University of North Carolina, lost his 

 life by falling over a precipice into a pool of water, while en- 

 gaged in the scientific exploration of the High Peak in Yancey 

 county which now bears his name. After the recovery of the 

 body it was interred at Asheville, N. C, until June 16th, 1858, 

 when it was removed to the summit of the Peak. Several 

 attempts have been made to erect a suitable monument to his 

 memory there, but, from some cause or another, they all came to 

 nought. Upon the death of his daughter, Mrs. E. N. Grant, in 

 1883, it was found that she had set aside a sum of money to be 

 expended for this purpose. This was increased from time to 

 time by donations from other members of the family, and in the 

 spring of 1888 a sufficient amount was available. At the request 



*The full text of this address will be found in the University Magazine for 

 December, 1888. 



