]> <hi rend="bold">Letter from Manuel Fetter to William A. Graham, March 2, 1860:</hi> Electronic Edition. Fetter, Manuel, d. 1889 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 Risa Mulligan First Edition, 2005 ca. 7K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 William A. Graham Papers (#285), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from Manuel Fetter to William A. Graham, March 2, 1860 Manuel Fetter 2 pages, 3 page images 1860 Call number 285 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 </bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language id="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="unc_history"> <list> <item> Any special keywords assigned for this project </item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change> <date>2005-07-22,</date> <respStmt> <name>Risa Mulligan</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc02-37"> <body> <div1 type="official letter"><pb id="unc02-37-p01" n="1"/> <head>Letter from <name key="pn0000510" reg="Fetter, Manuel " type="person" rend="yes">Manuel Fetter</name> to <name key="pn0000604" reg="Graham, William Alexander " type="person" rend="yes">William A. Graham</name>, <date>March 2, 1860</date></head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Chapel Hill N<hi rend="sup">o</hi>. Ca.</name><lb/> <date>Mar. 2, 1860,</date></dateline> <salute> Hon. <name key="pn0000604" reg="Graham, William Alexander " type="person">Wm. A. Graham</name></salute> <salute rend="center">Dear Sir,</salute></opener> <p>Enclosed I send you a plan of a Belfry, drawn by Mr. <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Coates</name>, which he says, can be carried out on the top of the <name key="name0001062" reg="South Building" type="place" rend="yes">South Building</name>. He has examined the 4<hi rend="sup">th</hi> Story &c & gives it as his opinion that the Bell can be placed there without endangering the walls. The cost will be about $1050, while a suitable Belfry on the ground, according to his estimate will cost from $1200 to $1300.— The Faculty (with the exception of Gov. <name key="pn0001638" reg="Swain, David Lowry " type="person" rend="yes">Swain</name>) have, by vote, recommended that the Bell be placed on the top of the <name key="name0001062" reg="South Building" type="place">S. B.</name><pb id="unc02-37-p02" n="2"/>But as the expenditure for this object exceeds the limits contemplated by the <name key="name0003012" reg="Buildings Committee, Board of Trustees" rend="yes" type="place">Building Committee</name>, when they directed that the Bell should be suspended in a proper place in the Campus, I have referred the subject to you for instructions.</p> <closer><salute rend="right">Yours Very Respectfully</salute></closer> <signed> M. <name key="pn0000510" reg="Fetter, Manuel " type="person"> Fetter.</name></signed> </div1> <div1 type="illustration"><pb id="unc02-37-p03" n="3"/> <p><xref url="http://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/unc02-37/unc02-37-p03.html">[Plan of the Belfry]</xref></p> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>