Title of collection: Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood
Family Papers (#1290), Southern Historical Collection, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from William R. Davie to John
Haywood, November 6, 1795
Author: W. R. Davie
Description: 3 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 1290 (Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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I wrote you by last post since which Judge
Williams has attempting with me the
plan of a House for the principal building with some calculation of the
expense. I shall be ready to buy a plan of his, with an estimate, if the
calculations can be made before I set out to the Federal Court. I am afraid
such a House as we should want will cost a larger sum than we can of present
spare, but as it would require two years at least to page torn
[build] it perhaps our funds page torn collect until in that
time.
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The House we have planed is 116 feet by 50 [& 5/7]—to
contain 24 lodging rooms, a Hall 30 by 36, a library room 100 by 36, 2 rooms
for Philosophical apparatus 16 by 12, 2 recitation rooms, 2 rooms 16 by 100 for
lodging rooms or any other purpose this House to be 3 story high. This seems
not to be much larger than the other.
A Professor or two should now be added, and I think entre nous, the
institution must be committed to other hands than our present professor of
Humanity.
I will endeavor page torn
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ready a plan of
education.
Adieu Adieu yours sincerely and excuse this letter for I am
"bothered with [dark] fellows most damnably — yr.