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Title: Excerpts from the Diary of Edmund D. Covington,
September 25 and October 3, 1843: Electronic Edition.
Author: Covington, Edmund DeBerry, 1823-1845
Editor: Erika Lindemann
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the
electronic publication of this title.
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Erika Lindemann and Timothy Lambrecht
Images scanned by
Mara E. Dabrishus
Text encoded by
Risa Mulligan
First Edition,
2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 19K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
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Revision history:
2005-05-16, Risa Mulligan finished TEI/XML encoding
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This transcribed document is part of a digital collection, titled True and Candid Compositions: The Lives and Writings of Antebellum Students in North Carolina
written by Lindemann, Erika
This transcribed document is part of a digital collection, titled True and Candid Compositions: The Lives and Writings of Antebellum Students in North Carolina
written by Lindemann, Erika
Source(s):
Title of collection: Edmund DeBerry Covington Diary (#1506-z),
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Title of document: Excerpts from the Diary of Edmund D.
Covington, September 25 and October 3, 1843
Author: Edmund DeBerry Covington
Description: 3 pages, 3 page images
Note:
Call number 1506-z (Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Topics covered:
Examples of Student Writing/Diary and Notebook Excerpts
Personal Relationships/With Students and Friends
Education/UNC Student Associations
Examples of Student Writing/Diary and Notebook Excerpts
Personal Relationships/With Students and Friends
Education/UNC Student Associations
Editorial practices
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Transcript of the personal correspondence. 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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Letters, words and passages marked as deleted or added in originals have been encoded accordingly.
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 Dr. Erika Lindemann's explanation under the section Editorial Practices.
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Transcript of the personal correspondence. 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.
Letters, words and passages marked as deleted or added in originals have been encoded accordingly.
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 Dr. Erika Lindemann's explanation under the section Editorial Practices.
Document Summary
Covington writes in his diary that he has dissolved a friendship
and begun recitations on mental philosophy with Gov. Swain. A second entry
includes a draft of a committee report proposing the establishment of The North
Carolina University Literary Magazine, sponsored by the senior class.
Page 167
Journal Recommenced—
Septr 25th 1843.–
Again my birth has dawned upon me and
le finds me just a score of years old.
Altho' I feel neither philosophical, poetical or pensive I shall commence
journalizing. My intellectural habits for the last few months have entirely
unfitted me for literary exercises. I shall endeavor to train my mind to former
habits by daily exertions in this way.–
I recited my first lesson in
Abbots
Abercrombie
2 to
day to the
Governor
I hope I shall be able to study it.
As one of a literary Committee I had a conference with the
Gov.
for the furtherance [of] a scheme which3 I
had the honor to propose. How it will succeed I know not. I hope it will prove
an ornament to the
university and an honor to the Students.— Have had
some very pensive reflections of on the dissolution of a friendship which I
hope to cherish. The act tho' a sad one was a duty which I owed to my honor. I
feel erect and independent.—
I hope I shall be able to study it.
As one of a literary Committee I had a conference with the
Gov.
for the furtherance [of] a scheme which3 I
had the honor to propose. How it will succeed I know not. I hope it will prove
an ornament to the
university and an honor to the Students.— Have had
some very pensive reflections of on the dissolution of a friendship which I
hope to cherish. The act tho' a sad one was a duty which I owed to my honor. I
feel erect and independent.—Page 69
Papers Relative to the Establishment of
"The North Carolina University4 Literary
Magazine
"The North Carolina University4 Literary
Magazine
October 3rd
1843.–
The Committee appointed at a late meeting of the Senior Class, to
enquire into the Expediency and5
practicability of establishing a Literary Magazine in this place, to be
conducted by the class—and to submit a plan for the same—having
held a conference with
Gov
Swain
and
Ths Loring Esqr
of
Raleigh
and having maturely and deliberately considered the subject beg leave to submit
the following report.–
and
Ths Loring Esqr
of
Raleigh
and having maturely and deliberately considered the subject beg leave to submit
the following report.–It is the opinion of this committee that a periodical, to be
called the
North Carolina University Magazine, should be issued
monthly—a number on, or near the first day of each month—that the
immediate supervision of the periodical should be confided to an Editorial
Corps of six: (three from each Society) which corps shall be elected at the end
of each Junior year, by the class of which, they may be members, and shall, at
the beginning of the following session, assume the duties and responsibilities,
and be vested with all the authority which usually belongs to an Editorial
department.
The Committee would further suggest, that this meeting proceed
forthwith to the election of an Editorial Corps, who shall be empowered to make
all further arrangements, with regard to the publication of the Periodical.
Comm. {
The above Report being submitted to the
Page 70
Class at a subsequent meeting, was unanimously adopted.–
Page 70
The Class in accordance with a suggestion of the Report proceeded
to an election of an Editorial Corps consisting of six members—which
resulted as follows
Of the D. Society
Of the Philanthropic
Mr Covington
had the honor of
being appointed to submit a Prospectus for publication—proceed to do so as will
appear on the next page.–7
had the honor of
being appointed to submit a Prospectus for publication—proceed to do so as will
appear on the next page.–7
Endnotes:
1. Edmund De Berry Covington Papers, SHC. The diary is a paginated
volume measuring 7 1/2 by 12 1/8 inches. The front flyleaf is inscribed
"The Literary 'Multi-Flora'/or/A Literary Miscellany/Devoted to Extracts,
prose and poetry,/English and Latin quotations, quaint/And pointed remarks,
Original/Compositions, Strange and unusual/Circumstances/'Legere sine calamo est dormice.'/Quintilian/Qui legit, in antiquis
temporibus, vivit/Norman.– /Nemo, nisi amicus, legat has literas./
E
D. Covington
.– /
birthday, appears on page 113. The latest
entry is dated September 26, 1843. The journal includes compositions, poetry
written by
Covington
or copied from other sources, "Gleanings
from my reading," and several "Phillippics" addressed to his
mathematics professor
James
Phillips
. The September 25, 1843, entry appears on page 167 of the
journal; the October 3, 1843, "Papers," on pages 69 to 70.
Covington
(1823-45) graduated in 1844 and died the
following year of pneumonia.
.– /
– Norman/Commenced September 25th 1842 1." The pages of the diary are numbered from 1 to 206, but there are several gaps in pagination. Covers and blank pages were discarded at some point. The earliest entry, dated September 25, 1841, Covington'sA garden in which spring up the flowers of fancy/and the stout shubery of fact.– Enter and pluck while yet it is unforbidden.
birthday, appears on page 113. The latest
entry is dated September 26, 1843. The journal includes compositions, poetry
written by
Covington
or copied from other sources, "Gleanings
from my reading," and several "Phillippics" addressed to his
mathematics professor
James
Phillips
. The September 25, 1843, entry appears on page 167 of the
journal; the October 3, 1843, "Papers," on pages 69 to 70.
Covington
(1823-45) graduated in 1844 and died the
following year of pneumonia.2.
John
Abercrombie,
Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers, and
the Investigation of Truth, with additions and Explanations to Adapt the Work
to the Use of Schools and Academies, by
Jacob
Abbott
(Boston: Otis, Boarders, [1833]).
3.
Covington
wrote which on top of
several unrecovered characters.
wrote which on top of
several unrecovered characters.6. Though
Thomas Badger Wetmore
(1821-94) had graduated in 1841, he
may have remained in
Chapel
Hill to read law.
(1821-94) had graduated in 1841, he
may have remained in
Chapel
Hill to read law.7. The "next page" of
Covington's
journal has not survived. The first issue of
The North Carolina University
Magazine
appeared in March 1844 with eight articles, two poems, and
a "Publisher's Department" that reprinted short pieces drawn from
newspapers.
journal has not survived. The first issue of
The North Carolina University
Magazine
appeared in March 1844 with eight articles, two poems, and
a "Publisher's Department" that reprinted short pieces drawn from
newspapers.
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