<hi rend="bold"> Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, March 7, 1796:</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 transcribed by Stephanie Adamson Images scanned by Stephanie Adamson Text encoded by Elizabeth McAulay First Edition, 2006 ca. 16K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2006

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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, March 7, 1796 Wm. R. Davie 3 pages, 4 page images 1796 Call number 1290 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Davie</name> to <name key="pn0000702" reg="Haywood, John, Sr." type="person" rend="yes">John Haywood</name>, March 7, 1796 </head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0000455" reg="Halifax, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Halifax</name> <date>March 7<hi rend="sup">th</hi>. 96.</date> </dateline> <salute> Dear Sir,</salute> </opener> <p><name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">M<hi rend="sup">r</hi> Blount</name> has published our advertisement in the Aurora at <name key="name0000867" reg="Philadelphia, PA" type="place">Philadelphia</name>, where it will be continued for two months; but he informs me there is little hope of inducing an Undertaker from that part of the Country to come forward, the spirit and rage of building is such in <name key="name0000731" reg="New York, NY" type="place">New York</name>, <name key="name0000867" reg="Philadelphia, PA" type="place">Philadelphia</name> and the <name key="x" reg="x" type="place" rend="">Federal city</name>, that every man of any talents in that way is already advantageously engaged, and the wages of Carpenters bricklayers &c. enormously high, far beyond any thing given in this Country. </p> <p><name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mr Hodge</name> will insert the advertisement in his Journal this week and continue it until the meeting of the <name key="x" reg="x" type="organization" rend="">Commissioners</name>; but for my own part, I am acquainted with no person who would probably offer to whom I would willingly give the contract; unless we can get some man of character, and a professed workman, we shall experience the same endless vexation, we have already undergone in that sort of business with <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend=""> M<hi rend="sup">r</hi>. Patterson</name>, <pb id="unc02-21-p02" n="[2]"/> and where the man can be found on whom we could rely for the literal fulfillment of his contract in the absence of the <name key="name0000107" reg="Board of Trustees" type="organization" rend="yes">Trustees</name> I do not know. </p> <p>Again, I must confess to you, that my mind is not altogether clear with regard to the means, such a House as we want cannot be built for much less than £10,000. I beg you to think of this matter, and as you are in possession of some statements, see what certain appropriations could be made, on an advance required at 6, 12 months and 2 years; I should be extremely sorry to see our funds anticipated or embarrassed; but I shall rely entirely upon your judgment in this important part of the business, only state it upon paper, and I will abide by the result. <!-- I might include these dashes because it seems to be a parenthetical comment. -->—All this is of course entre nous.—</p> <p>From some rumours that I have heard, I am afraid that the Mission of <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Hunt</name> and <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Hinton</name> has effected very little with Mess<hi rend="sup">r</hi>. <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Hodge</name> & Co, an accomodation that would have immediately terminated in the production of some certain sum, was at present an object of great importance. </p> <p>I am in hourly expectation of hearing the dreadful <pb id="unc02-21-p03" n="[3]"/> explosion of the political Vesuvius in <name key="name0000867" reg="Philadelphia, PA" type="place">Philadelphia</name>, they have been assiduously collecting combustibles of all sorts for three months past, and if I am not greatly mistaken in my advices the phlogistic patriotism of our new-fangled republicans will not be much longer repressed; the treaty with <name key="name0001072" reg="Spain" type="place">Spain</name>, the Regency of <name key="x" reg="x" type="place" rend="">Algiers</name>, and the <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">King of G. Brittain</name> are now all come to hand; so there will be work for minds of all sizes, even <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Jim</name> & our <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Aleck</name> I hope will come in for some share of consideration. What a ridiculous farce is "this world's mad business"! </p> <p>Farewell! shall see you at Hills <gap reason="[unrecovered]"/> not on the way, and believe me sincer <gap reason="[unrecovered]"/> </p> <closer> <salute>yours</salute> <signed> <name key="pn0000399" reg="Davie, William Richardson" type="person">W<hi rend="sup">m</hi>. R. Davie.</name> </signed> </closer> <pb id="unc02-21-bk" n="[Back]"/> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>