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Title: Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, November 6, 1795: Electronic Edition.
Author: Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by Bari Helms
Images scanned by Bari Helms
Text encoded by Risa Mulligan
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 7K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005

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Languages used in the text: English
Revision history:
2005-07-24, Risa Mulligan finished TEI/XML encoding.
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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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Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood , November 6, 1795
Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820



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Halifax Nov. 6th 95

My Dear Sir,

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.


Judge Williams says a part of the wing may be built in the manner you propose very well without passing the roof or disfiguring the House.

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