]> <hi rend="bold">Letter from David L. Swain to William A. Graham, January 16, 1861:</hi> Electronic Edition. 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 Risa Mulligan First Edition, 2005 ca. 11K 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 David L. Swain to William A. Graham, January 16, 1861 David Swain 4 pages, 5 page images 1861 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>2005-07-26,</date> <respStmt> <name>Risa Mulligan</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc02-38"> <body> <div1 type="official letter"> <pb id="unc02-38-p01" n="1"/> <head>Letter from <name key="pn0001638" reg="Swain, David Lowry" type="person" rend="yes"> David L. Swain</name> to <name key="pn0000604" reg="Graham, William Alexander" type="person" rend="yes">William A. Graham</name>, <date>January 16, 1861</date></head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Chapel Hill,</name> <date>16 Jan. 1861</date></dateline> <salute>My dear Sir,</salute> </opener> <p>I have delivered to M<hi rend="sup">r</hi> <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Coats</name>, the order made by the committee at our last meeting, and received from him the enclosed check for <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Henderson</name>'s work, which he says will be paid upon presentation.</p> <p>I passed with him through all the rooms in our new edifices and pointed out small defacements here and there which he promises to make good. I called his attention to omissions, specified in the contract, especially balustrades and outside doors which in the progress of the work we concluded to dispose with. He admitted the fairness of the claim but insisted, that extra work for which he made no charge had been performed to a much<pb id="unc02-38-p02" n="2"/>larger amount. The enclosed paper which you will please peruse together with this note, exhibits his view of the particulars in which he regards himself, as having exceeded as well as fallen short of the requirements of the contract. He expresses entire willingness, that they shall balance each other, and renders the schedule simply to satisfy us that he has done us in the aggregate entire justice.</p> <p>I was not present the evening before commencement, when the agreement was made about the belfry and supposed his bid, to have been $1000. He insisted that it was $1125 and delivered the enclosed drawing and memorandum in evidence. I told him that I would transmit both papers to you, and reserve all questions<pb id="unc02-38-p03" n="3"/>connected with them, until the time his last payment shall fall due.</p> <p>I am grieved to state that Prof <name key="pn0001357" reg="Phillips, Charles" type="person" rend="yes">Charles Phillips</name>, who was just recovering from an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, was on Sunday evening prostrated with the gravel. The D<hi rend="sup">r</hi> supposes that the calculus is passing through the kidney. I hope and pray for a favorable terminate, but he is the object of deep and anxious solicitude to his friends.</p> <closer> <salute rend="right">Yours very sincerely,</salute> <signed> <name key="pn0001638" reg="Swain, David Lowry" type="person">D. L. Swain</name> </signed> <salute> <name key="pn0000604" reg="Graham, William Alexander" type="person">Hon. W. A. Graham</name></salute> </closer> </div1> <div1 type="table"><pb id="unc02-38-p04" n="4"/> <p> <table rows="22" cols="3"> <head>Variations from Contract University Buildings<lb/> <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place">Chapel, North Carolina</name> <date>Jany 11<hi rend="sup">th</hi> 1861</date></head> <row> <cell/> <cell>Dr</cell> <cell>Cr</cell> </row> <row> <cell>1400 Superficient feet of Balustrade @ 12½ c</cell> <cell/> <cell>175.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell>184 feet plain do wings @ 12½ c</cell> <cell/> <cell>23.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell>700 feet prepaired & fixed in part and taken down again @ 8 c</cell> <cell>56.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>16 Bolts 1½ x 43 feet long best refined American iron 2200 lbs @ 10½ c</cell> <cell>231.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>125 lbs of Cast iron plates @ 5 c</cell> <cell>7.25</cell> <cell> </cell> </row> <row> <cell>Labour fixing Strain Bolts at each Building $30</cell> <cell>60.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Extra Braces to support roofs in each Building $25</cell> <cell>50.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Eight Outside doors @ $15 each</cell> <cell/> <cell>120.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Materials for Eight doors all prepaired and fitted to its proper length and partly framed. Average Labour & damage $6 each</cell> <cell>48.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Difference of Glass between 1<hi rend="sup">st</hi> & 2<hi rend="sup">nd</hi> quality</cell> <cell>29.28</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Difference on Painting Libraries $25 each</cell> <cell>50.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Rostrums Society Halls $50 each</cell> <cell>100.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Frescoing in Society Halls $100 each</cell> <cell>200.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Extras on Plaster Paris Caps instead of wood in each Hall $25</cell> <cell>50.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Venetian Shades in Both Halls</cell> <cell/> <cell>72.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Cash paid to the parties that made them to take them off my hands per order</cell> <cell>36.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>700 Leanate feet of Base Course on Both buildings</cell> <cell>525.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>3200 Cub feet of Storm Work in East Building @ 25 c</cell> <cell>800.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>Carved work over door in Society Halls</cell> <cell>60.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>24 Extra Ventilators @ 50 c</cell> <cell>12.00</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell>$2364.53</cell> <cell>$390.00</cell> </row> </table> </p> </div1> <div1 type="illustration"> <pb id="unc02-38-p05" n="5"/> <p>Whole Expense Complete—<lb/>$<hi rend="underscore">1125.00</hi><lb/> <name rend="yes" key="name0001062" reg="South Building" type="place">South Building</name> ¼ to one foot<lb/><xref url="http://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/unc02-38/unc02-38-p05.html">[Plan of Belfry on <name key="name0001062" reg="South Building" type="place">South Building</name>]</xref></p> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>