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Primary document
Title: Letter from James S. Gillaspie to Gavin Alves,
February 19, 1800: Electronic Edition.
Author: Gillaspie, James Smiley
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
Amanda Page
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:
2005-06-29, Amanda Page 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 James S. Gillaspie to Gavin
Alves, February 19, 1800
Author: J.S. Gillaspie
Description: 3 pages, 3 page images
Note:
Call number 40005 (University Archives,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
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Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
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All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
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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.
Page 1
Martinsville
19 Febry 1800
19 Febry 1800
Dear Sir,
I had yesterday the honor of receiving yours of the 19th ult.
When at the
University I understood that Messrs
Baker
&
McCullock had been re-admitted. This information at first
gave me some surprise & induced me to believe that
the
Trustees were afraid that the institution would not be soon enough
ruined by the system of measures which had been previously pursued. But upon
further recollection I found it nothing more than a continuation of their
resolution to support the students against the faculty. Such doing &
undoing must however be productive of the worst effects.
&
McCullock had been re-admitted. This information at first
gave me some surprise & induced me to believe that
the
Trustees were afraid that the institution would not be soon enough
ruined by the system of measures which had been previously pursued. But upon
further recollection I found it nothing more than a continuation of their
resolution to support the students against the faculty. Such doing &
undoing must however be productive of the worst effects. In addition to your statement of accounts I would beg leave to
mention two other charges which I had against
the
Trustees & which I do not recollect whether I mentioned before. One
is for seven days labor expended in filling up the vault of the
Necessary & making other preparations for its
removal. The price of labor at that time as well as I can
Page 2
recollect was 5/ per day, suppose however 4/ as the lowest, it will
amount to 20/. For this I could not take any receipt as the labor was performed
by my own servant.
Page 2
The other charge is for circular letters written previous to the
examination & by express direction of
Govr Davie
. How many there
were I cannot now tell, only recollecting one to the
Revd Mr George
Warrenton,
Revd Mr Robinson
Duplin,
Doctor M'Corkle
Rowan,
Revd Mr Hall
Iredell. For these I took no receipt, not being able to
obtain a settlement with the Post Master who was in my debt.
. How many there
were I cannot now tell, only recollecting one to the
Revd Mr George
Warrenton,
Revd Mr Robinson
Duplin,
Doctor M'Corkle
Rowan,
Revd Mr Hall
Iredell. For these I took no receipt, not being able to
obtain a settlement with the Post Master who was in my debt. A receipt for the steel I had but have somehow mislaid it.
One third of the tuition money on account of
Mr
Flinn
is due to
Mr Caldwell
which you will be so good as to hand him; the
other two thirds are due to me.
is due to
Mr Caldwell
which you will be so good as to hand him; the
other two thirds are due to me. A bar of iron sufficient to make staples & use for the
Franklins was left in
Mr M'Cauley's shop. This, the person undertaking to erect the
Franklins may have by applying
Page 3
for it at the shop.
These are all the particulars which I can recollect as appertaining to a
settlement between us.
Page 3
If you ever come into my neighborhood & can allow yourself to
call I shall be happy to see you. In the mean time your letters will find me at
Martinsville
.
.
Mrs Gillaspie
joins me in begging that you
would make our respects acceptable to the family & to Mrs Norwood.1 Accept them
yourself & believe me to be
joins me in begging that you
would make our respects acceptable to the family & to Mrs Norwood.1 Accept them
yourself & believe me to be With real regard
Dear Sir
Your most obedt
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