<hi rend="bold">Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, March 9, 1847:</hi> Electronic Edition. Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892 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 ca. 11K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 University of North Carolina Papers (#40005), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, March 9, 1847 Alex. J. Davis 3 pages, 3 page images 1847 Call number 40005 (University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 </bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language id="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="unc_history"> <list> <item> Any special keywords assigned for this project </item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change> <date>2005-07-08,</date> <respStmt> <name>Brian Dietz</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc03-13"> <body> <div1 type="official letter"> <pb id="unc03-13-p01" n="1"/> <head>Letter from <name key="pn0003045" reg="Davis, Alexander Jackson" type="person" rend="yes">Alexander J. Davis</name> to <name key="pn0001638" reg="Swain, David Lowry" type="person" rend="yes">David L. Swain</name>, March 9, 1847</head> <opener> <dateline><name key="name0000731" reg="New York, NY" type="place" rend="yes">New-York</name>, <date>Mar. 9, '47</date></dateline> <salute><name key="pn0001638" reg="Swain, David Lowry" type="person">Gov. Swain:</name> </salute> <salute>Dear Sir:</salute> </opener> <p>Mr. Ripley and <name key="pn0003204" reg="Smith, Alexander" type="person" rend="yes">Alex. Smith</name>, Seedsmen, 388 Broadway, are both upon the look-out for a gardener. At 10 this morning, a <name key="pn0003017" reg="Barry, James" type="person" rend="yes">Mr. James Barry </name>called from <name key="pn0003204" reg="Smith, Alexander" type="person">Smith</name>. <name key="pn0003017" reg="Barry, James" type="person">Barry</name> requires, in addition to the $400, a <hi rend="underscore">house</hi>, kitchen, sitting room and one bed room, <hi rend="underscore">fuel</hi>, and <hi rend="underscore">vegetables</hi> with milk. I was writing his terms out, when Mr. Ripley came in with an application from an "English Gardener", who will call upon me tomorrow, and who will accept of the $400 without other provision. As this last applicant is so ready,<pb id="unc03-13-p02" n="2"/>and quite as able (as represented by Mr. Ripley as <name key="pn0003017" reg="Barry, James" type="person">Barry</name>, perhaps, I have almost determined to send him on at once, so that you will <hi rend="underscore">suffer</hi> no more delay, and if you find him the right sort of man, you will cheerfully add his road expenses to the 400, but this will be at your option.</p> <p>Wednesday, 6 P.M. Since writing the above I have seen Mr. <name key="pn0003120" reg="Loader, John" type="person" rend="yes">John Loader</name>, with Mr. Ripley, and have agreed with him, the said <name key="pn0003120" reg="Loader, John" type="person">Loader</name>, that he shall set out for <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Chapel Hill</name> on Monday or Tuesday next, 15 or 16<hi rend="sup">th</hi> March, and that you will pay him twenty dollars when he arrives at <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place">Chapel Hill</name> for road expenses the same <hi rend="underscore">not</hi> to be subtracted from his salary of 400 per year. The engagement to continue for one year from the time<pb id="unc03-13-p03" n="3"/>of his leaving <name key="name0000731" reg="New York, NY" type="place">New York</name>, and longer if you should agree together.</p> <p><name key="pn0003120" reg="Loader, John" type="person">Mr. Loader</name> has letters from <name key="name0000336" reg="England" type="place">England</name> having been employed at <name key="name0003073" reg="Syon House (England)" type="place" rend="yes">Lion House</name> in the botanic garden of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland,<ref id="ref1" target="note1" rend="sup">1</ref> and Mr. Ripley speaks well of him; in his opinion as fitting for your purposes as either Cavanaugh or M<hi rend="sup">c</hi>Laughlin.</p> <p>Trusting, that we shall not be deceived again, as in the case of M<hi rend="sup">c</hi>Laughlin; I remain</p> <closer> <salute>In haste<lb/>Yours &c</salute> <signed> <name key="pn0003045" reg="Davis, Alexander Jackson" type="person">Alex. J. Davis</name> </signed> </closer> </div1> <div1 type="postscript"> <p>P.S. Please observe that the road or path turnings and crooks in the sketch I sent by <name key="pn0003052" reg="Donaldson, James" type="person" rend="yes">Mr. Donaldson</name> are not <hi rend="underscore">capriciously</hi> made, but <hi rend="underscore">designed</hi> so as to present <hi rend="underscore">sunny</hi> and <hi rend="underscore">shady</hi> places for trees that flourish best in sun or shade. This however I leave for you and the gardener to discuss on the grounds before adopting the plan.</p> </div1> </body> <back> <div1 type="notes"> <note id="note1" target="ref1"><p>1. Probably <name key="pn0003279" reg="Percy, Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland)" type="person" rend="yes">Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland</name>.</p></note> </div1> </back> </text> </TEI.2>