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
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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.