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Primary document
Title:
Letter from David L. Swain to Robert G. Allison, March 1,
1856: Electronic Edition.
Author: Swain, David L. (David Lowry), 1801-1868
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. 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:
2005-07-29, Sarah Ficke 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 David L. Swain to Robert G. Allison,
March 1, 1856
Author: David L. Swain
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 706 (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.
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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.
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
Chapel
Hill, 1 March 1856
My dear Sir,
Your letter of the 25th (postmarked 28th) ult. was received by yesterday mail.
It affords me pleasure to be able to reply to your inquiries properly and
satisfactorily.
A majority of the Senior class determined as stated in the newspapers two or
three weeks ago to invite Arch-Bishop Hughes to deliver the valedictory sermon to
the class. The Faculty upon the earliest intimation that reached them of the
fact, stated to them, that in their opinion the measure was ill advised and
urged them not to proceed without the concurrence of the Executive
Committee. The Executive Committee subsequently
approved the course pursued by the Faculty, and in the mean time the Bishop declined
the invitation.
You are aware that all selections of this character as in the appointment of the
orator to address the Literary Societies, of college marshalls, &c. are
ordinarily left to the young men, and that neither the Faculty nor the Trustees
know any thing about
Page 2
such arrangements, until they
learn the facts from rumor, or newspaper notices. Beyond advise and
expostulation, the Faculty are clothed with no power to intervene in such
matters.
Page 2
I understand that the Rev. Dr. Fuller
of Baltimore, has recently been invited by the unanimous vote of the class to
deliver the valedictory sermon, and that Matthew W. Ransom, Esq.
of Warren late
alumni general has consented to deliver the annual address before the Literary
Societies. The name of the gentleman who is to deliver the address before the
Alumni Association has not yet been announced.
of Warren late
alumni general has consented to deliver the annual address before the Literary
Societies. The name of the gentleman who is to deliver the address before the
Alumni Association has not yet been announced.