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Title: Thomas Day to [Benjamin S.] Guion, November 17, 1847: Electronic Edition.
Author: Day, Thomas, ca. 1801-ca. 1861
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by Bari Helms
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First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 6K
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:
2005-08-05, Risa Mulligan finished TEI/XML encoding.
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Title of collection: Records of the Philanthropic Society (#40166), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Thomas Day to [Benjamin S.] Guion, November 17, 1847
Author: Thomas Day
Description: 1 page, 1 page image
Note: Call number 40166 (University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Thomas Day to [Benjamin S.] Guion, November 17, 1847
Day, Thomas, ca. 1801-ca. 1861



Page 1
Milton 17 Nov.

Mr. Guion

Dear Sir,

I recd. your letter, and can put up your floors in the way you mentioned in your letter for 578$ that will be with seating or benches & backs as you discribed, all fit up in good stile & painted well. You thought when I was last thare you would only have 3 seats or risers that will make the cost 70$ less. You also mentioned having nothing but the floors raised & to use chairs. The floors without seats will cost 330$. That is they must be finished in a diferant way without benches to what it would be with benches.
I think you will find it verry much more to your comfort and satisfaction with the Halls to have the floors raised & seats with comfortable backs. I will make them so as to sit verry easy, and to become in every way the rooms as to elegance and comfort more than in any way, anything if you please rather than chairs tumbling about on the rising floors the rostrum circles in front will be an extra charge of small amt.

Verry Obtly

Thos. Day