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Primary document
Title:
Letter from Samuel Ashe to Richard Bennehan, July 13, 1796:
Electronic Edition.
Author: Ashe, Samuel, 1725-1813
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by
Caitlin R. Donnelly
Images scanned by
Caitlin R. Donnelly
Text encoded by
Stephanie Adamson
First Edition, 2006
Size of electronic edition: ca. 20K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2006
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:
2006-12-20, Stephanie Adamson finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: Cameron Family Papers (#133), Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Samuel Ashe to Richard Bennehan, July 13,
1796
Author: Saml Ashe
Description: 4 pages, 5 page images
Note:
Call number 133 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
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.
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.
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.
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]
To Richard Bennehan Esqr.
Sir,
In conformity to a Resolution of the Trustees
of the University of North Carolina this day made
& entered into, I herewith transmit you the enclosed: and am with
much Respect
Your Obt Servt.
Saml Ashe
July 13th 1796
Page [2]
North
Carolina
In the Board of the Trustees
July 13th. 1796
Richard
Bennehan Esquire, of the County of Orange
in the said State, having this day presented to the Trustees for the Use
of the Students of the University of
North Carolina Thirty two Volumes of well bound and well chosen
Books; Resolved that the Trustees do thankfully accept them, and that
the President of
the Board be requested to inform Mr.
Bennehan that they have a due sense of the worth of such his valuable
donation and that they will cause mention thereof to be made in the Book
kept for that purpose.
Saml Ashe Prest
Page [3]
| 48/. |
Gold Smith history of the
Earth & animated nature 8 Volumes |
£2.5— |
| 25/ | Smellies Philosophy of Natural history | "..11— |
| 7/6 | Lee’s introduction to Botany | "..7— |
| Kames Gentleman Farmer | "..6-6 | |
| Churchills collection of Voyages & Travels | 1..10— | |
| 37/6 | Coxs Travels, in Poland, Russia &c | 1..10— |
| 14/. | Moores View of Society &c in Italy | "..13— |
| 12/. | Ditto. Do. .France, Switzerland ditto | "..11— |
| 21/. | Smiths wealth of Nations | "..19..6 |
| 7/. | Fergusons Essay on Civil Society | "..5— |
| 8/. | De. Lolme on the constitution of England | "7— |
| 28/ | Kames sketches of the History of man | 1..6— |
| 11/8 | Shaftsburys Charactteristicks | "16— |
| 6/. | Algorettis letters military & Potical | "5— |
| 11"12"— |
The above Books to be all octavo Editions, neatly but plainly Bound without
gilding & London or Edenburough Editions
Page [4]
List of books
Ordered for the use
of the University
Ordered for the use
of the University