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Primary document
Title:
Letter from David L. Swain [to Alexander J. Davis], April 12, 1851, Including John Berry's Bill of Materials:
Electronic Edition.
Author: Swain, David L. (David Lowry), 1801-1868
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
Jesse Brown
Text encoded by
Sarah Ficke
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 9K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
Languages used in the text:
English
Revision history:
2005-11-11, Sarah Ficke finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: University of North Carolina Papers (#40005),
University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from David L. Swain [to Alexander J. Davis], April
12, 1851, Including John Berry's Bill of Materials
Author: David L. Swain
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 40005 (University Archives, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
DocSouth staff created a 600 dpi uncompressed TIFF file for each image. The TIFF images were then saved as JPEG images at 100 dpi for web access.
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Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
DocSouth staff created a 600 dpi uncompressed TIFF file for each image. The TIFF images were then saved as JPEG images at 100 dpi for web access.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
Letter from David
L. Swain
[to Alexander J. Davis
],
April 12, 1851, Including John Berry's Bill of Materials
[to Alexander J. Davis
],
April 12, 1851, Including John Berry's Bill of MaterialsPage 1
Chapel Hill,
12 April 1851
My dear Sir,
You will below [unrecovered] a copy of a rec[unrecovered]
addressed to me by Capt. Berry the contractor for the Library. Do me
the favor to have his order filled at as early a day as practicable. The
articles may be sent to my address, care of DeRosset & Brown Wilmington N.C.
and may be insured at near value.
Yours very respectfully
Page 2
A Bill of materials to be purchased in New York
- 4 capitals (the hight of the collums including Base, & capital, is
20 feet the sise of the collums at the base as set forth in the Draft is 30
inches in diameter)
324 paines of glass 13 inches by 23
72 paines ditto 13 inches by 18
48 axel pulley blocks of best quality & the nessary quantity of cord to hang the sash they will be doubel hung
one marble chimney piece the sise of the fire place is 3 feet 7 inches wide & 3 feet ½ inch high in the cleare (that is the neate sise of the aperture)
15 kegs of London or bedmill lead (pure)
100 lb. of best quality of Putty
P.S. the bill of glass above is the exact number therefore it will be nessary to
send on an extra box for reposing with
My Dear Sir above is the bill of materials & wish you to rite to Mr. Davis
for shuch as I am liable to
pay for can be settled when the bills come in.
for shuch as I am liable to
pay for can be settled when the bills come in.Respect,
J. Berry