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Primary document
Title:
Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, December 6,
1845: Electronic Edition.
Author: Donaldson, Robert, Jr., 1800-1872
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. 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:
2005-08-03, Brian Dietz finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: David L. Swain Papers (#706), Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain,
December 6, 1845
Author: Robert Donaldson
Description: 3 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 706 (Southern Historical Collection,
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.
Page 1
Red Hook
Dec 6th 1845
My Dear Sir
Yours of the 8th Ult was received in due course of mail. During my short stay in
the City on my return I called at Thorburne's seed store & described the
kind of gardener you require and they will be on the look out for one. But next
month & the month after is the usual period for applications of that
kind. I have written since I received your letter to my Brother to Mr James
Donaldson
, & requested him to engage a suitable gardener for
you & to communicate with you on the subject.
, & requested him to engage a suitable gardener for
you & to communicate with you on the subject.As a preliminary movement, to the "Botanic
Garden & Model Farm," would it not be well to get up an
"Agricultural Society at Chapel Hill? — to be composed of the
villagers, who have farms, or neighboring planters & the members of the
Faculty and students who may feel inclined to
unite
Page 2
for the purpose. Let some of the acres of
the old Stewards
Hall
field, be used to try experiments in manures, tillage, seeds
&c under the direction of the gardener & appoint some day in the
season, when the most remarkable fruits, vegetables & animals shall be
exhibited in the village & a suitable address made.
Page 2
field, be used to try experiments in manures, tillage, seeds
&c under the direction of the gardener & appoint some day in the
season, when the most remarkable fruits, vegetables & animals shall be
exhibited in the village & a suitable address made.
President Polk
will, I've no doubt, send from the Patent Office in Washington the rare &
valuable seeds which are annually distributed there.
will, I've no doubt, send from the Patent Office in Washington the rare &
valuable seeds which are annually distributed there.Thus an additional source of pleasant interest will be made to the other
attractions of your village, & the surrounding country be benefited. If
James Taylor
could
be connected with the College he would in a short time be very useful in that
& similar things.
could
be connected with the College he would in a short time be very useful in that
& similar things.Say to Prof
Green
, that I am glad to here that his health is restored.
, that I am glad to here that his health is restored.Page 3
The Family & Friends of the late Judge Gaston
are anxious to collect, whilst it
can be done, materials for a biographical sketch to be published with engravings
of his portrait & bust (by Hughes
)1 and a few of his speeches & addresses and such of
his letters as will be proper.
are anxious to collect, whilst it
can be done, materials for a biographical sketch to be published with engravings
of his portrait & bust (by Hughes
)1 and a few of his speeches & addresses and such of
his letters as will be proper.I know that it will afford you pleasure to contribute to this object &
will you at some leisure moment inform me what materials are within your reach
(besides the Obituary notices) either speeches, letters, or facts —
indeed I should be pleased if you will write out, that it may be embodied in the
work, your impressions of him.
What gentlemen in No Ca
are most probably in
possession of letters &c of Judge Gastons
?
?Present my compliments in the kindest manner to Mrs. Swain &
believe me
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Endnotes:
1. Hughes
created only a plaster version of the bust of William Gaston
, not the marble version that was commissioned.
created only a plaster version of the bust of William Gaston
, not the marble version that was commissioned.