<hi rend="bold">Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, February 9, 1797:</hi> Electronic Edition. Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820 Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text scanned (OCR) by Brian Dietz Images scanned by Bari Helms Text encoded by Sarah Ficke First Edition, 2005 ca. 9K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 Ernest Haywood Collection of Haywood Family Papers (#1290), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, February 9, 1797 W. R. Davie 2 pages, 3 page images 1797 Call number 1290 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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