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Title: Letter from David L. Swain [to William A. Graham], January 27,
1858: 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
Bari Helms
Text encoded by
Brian Dietz
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 10K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
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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:
2005-07-22, Brian Dietz finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: William A. Graham Papers (#285), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from David L. Swain [to William A. Graham],
January 27, 1858
Author: D. L. Swain
Description: 4 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 285 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
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Page 1
Chapel
Hill, 27 Jan. 1858
My dear Sir,
Capt. Berry was here
yesterday and from him I learned that you are at present in Raleigh. If the college were fully
organized I would be strongly tempted to visit Raleigh on Saturday in order to have
an interview with you and Judge Battle
. Prof Martin
is expected in a day or two and if
he comes, I will probably be able to go down on Saturday week, if I shall learn
in the mean that you will be there.
. Prof Martin
is expected in a day or two and if
he comes, I will probably be able to go down on Saturday week, if I shall learn
in the mean that you will be there.
Capt. Berry will be
disposed to undertake the enlargement of
Page 2
the Chapel
as superintendent if he succeeds in contracting for the new edifices but not
without Mr. Percival, a
letter from whom I send herewith, thinks that the enlargement of the Chapel can
be as well done by contract as in any other way & recommends the
offering of all our work to the lowest responsible bidder.
Page 2
I suppose Mr. Percival is
at present in Raleigh, and if so, I wish you and Judge Battle
to have an interview with him
ascertain his views and when he will be ready to report plans, &c. There
has not been for several years so favorable an opportunity to secure competent
& responsible contractors on as good terms as at present, and I am
anxious
Page 3
to have our work offered to bidders, at
the earliest day practicable.
to have an interview with him
ascertain his views and when he will be ready to report plans, &c. There
has not been for several years so favorable an opportunity to secure competent
& responsible contractors on as good terms as at present, and I am
anxiousPage 3
I am well satisfied that the scheme we have agreed upon is the best that can be
devised. Mr.
Kimberly
thinks that by simply removing the lath & plaster
partitions which divide the first floor under the Philanthropic Hall into
dormitories, and throwing the whole space 36X36 in the clear, & opening
a trap door into the basement, we can have one of the best arranged laboratories
in the U.S. The
Hall itself, without any change, will make an admirable lecture room, and the
library is exactly what is needed for a mineralogical cabinet.
thinks that by simply removing the lath & plaster
partitions which divide the first floor under the Philanthropic Hall into
dormitories, and throwing the whole space 36X36 in the clear, & opening
a trap door into the basement, we can have one of the best arranged laboratories
in the U.S. The
Hall itself, without any change, will make an admirable lecture room, and the
library is exactly what is needed for a mineralogical cabinet.The dormitories under the Dialectic Hall may remain as they are. The Hall itself
may be used as a
Page 4
Philosophical Chamber, or the
President's Lecture Room, and the Library appropriated to the collections of the
Historical Society of the University.
Page 4
Mr. Percival thinks
& the Faculty concur with him in opinion that convenience, and
appearances will be improved, by placing the new edifices in a parallel range
with the Library and the Chapel instead of ranging with the East
and west
thus
and west
thus
Yours very sincerely,