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Primary document
Title:
Petition of a Committee of Students for the Erection of a
Building, September 1, 1848: Electronic Edition.
Author: Jones, William H.
Author: Mallett, Edward J.
Author: Scales, James P.
Author: Iredell, Samuel Tredwell
Author: Dortch, William Baskerville, 1828-1882
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
Sarah Ficke
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 11K
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:
2005-11-09, 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: Petition of a Committee of Students for the Erection
of a Building, September 1, 1848
Author: William H. Jones
Author: Edward J. Mallett
Author: James P. Scales
Author: Samuel Tredwell Iredell
Author: William B. Dortch
Description: 2 pages, 3 page images
Note:
Call number 40005 (University Archives, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
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.
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Respected Sir,
In a meeting of the students a few days since the undersigned were appointed a
Committee to deliberate upon what measures were to be taken with respect to the
erection of a building, the object of which was made known to the Executive Committee during the last session.
We therefore met, and in compliance with their request and in accordance with the
contents of the letter received from you last session, to wit, that the material
& dimensions of the building should be stated, communicate the
following.
The material, of which the house is to be built is to be of brick. The dimensions
are 75 feet by 35. There are to be 6 windows in front and a large door, 7
windows behind, and 3 in one end and in the other there are to be 2 small rooms
with a passage between leading into the main room; a plan of which will be
enclosed.
We are very anxious to know what is the result of the deliberations upon the
petition that was sent to the Executive Committee. You
stated in your letter that it was to be laid before the Trustees.
We sincerely hope that it has met with their cordial approbation, as it is
manifest to all that such a building is much needed at the University.
You will greatly oblige us by immediately
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answering
this.
Page 2
With the highest regards we subscribe ourselves your most obedient servants.
Wm H. Jones
Ed. J. Mallett
Jas. P. Scales
S. T. Iredell
[Committee]To Chas. Manly
Esqr Sec. of the Board of Trustees
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